This was a pretty hot drive and we didnt get the earliest start leaving. The mountain road between Granada and Managua was great smooth curvy and cooler. We visited San Juan Oriente for a quick pottery drive through and had lunch overlooking beautiful crater lake Apollo. Unfortunately we took the road just south of Managua as opposed to along the lake west of Mangua. This was an easy mistake because the turn-off signs appear for this road about a mile before they appear for the main road. For a big portion it was paved then not paved in sections of about 20 feet. So you never adjust your tire pressure, you just keep at it and its awful, and hot. Luckily there were some nice views of the volcanoes through out the day.
We stayed in Somotillo, the town abuot 20 minutes from the border. it is dusty and loud and should be avoided. we stayed in the nicer of two hotels and there was no running water in town so all is done with a bucket. and the hotel is still $12.50. it was a very hot night. street food was the best we could do for dinner, luke warm chicken and gallo pinto. We are both pretty sick of the fried chicken tasteless rice and bean thing by now - and we still have honduras again...
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