fredag 19. februar 2010
onsdag 17. februar 2010
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Om å hjelpe i Nicaragua
http://hotblogs.spaces.live.com/?_c11_BlogPart_BlogPart=blogview&_c=BlogPart&partqs=cat%3dCasa%2520Lupita
http://www.buildingnewhope.org/
http://www.charity-charities.org/Nicaragua-charities/Nicaragua.html
http://www.buildingnewhope.org/
http://www.charity-charities.org/Nicaragua-charities/Nicaragua.html
Omotepe - Moyagalpa
In the old Mexican tongue of Nahuatlaca, Moyogalpa means Town of the Mosquitoes, from the words moyotl, meaning mosquito; calla or calli, meaning town or houses; and pan or apan, the adverb for place.
Linker:
http://no.wikipedia.org/wiki/Ometepe
Linker:
http://no.wikipedia.org/wiki/Ometepe
lørdag 13. februar 2010
Parque Nacional Volcan Masaya
(English version here)
Første stopp på turen med Tierra Tours var oppe ved Masaya vulkanen. Kjøreturen opp dit tok ca 40 minutter fra Granada.
Vår guide Camilo fortalte oss at Masaya betyr noe sånt som "landet med dyr og blomster" men på internett fant jeg at det er visstnok tre forskjellige tolkninger:
"Sted hvor det er dyr", "Sted mellom mange vann eller laguner" og på chorotega-språket betyr det "Fjellet som brenner". Fjellet som brenner er jo vulkanen Masaya.
Den siste virker sannsynlig syntes jeg :)
Første stopp på turen med Tierra Tours var oppe ved Masaya vulkanen. Kjøreturen opp dit tok ca 40 minutter fra Granada.
Vår guide Camilo fortalte oss at Masaya betyr noe sånt som "landet med dyr og blomster" men på internett fant jeg at det er visstnok tre forskjellige tolkninger:
"Sted hvor det er dyr", "Sted mellom mange vann eller laguner" og på chorotega-språket betyr det "Fjellet som brenner". Fjellet som brenner er jo vulkanen Masaya.
Den siste virker sannsynlig syntes jeg :)
Masaya Volcano National Park
The first stop on our roundtrip with Tierra Tours was at the Masaya volcano. It was approx a 40 minutes drive from Granada.
Our guide Camilo told us that Masaya means "the land of deer and flowers" but on the internet I found that there are three possible meanings to the name:
"Place where there are deer", "Place between several waters or lagoons" and in language chorotega it means "Mountain that burns", due to the volcano Masaya.
The last one seems very possible to me :)
In 1979, Masaya became Nicaragua's first National Park, named Masaya Volcano National Park (Parque Nacional Volcan Masaya). The National Park has an area of 54 km² and includes two volcanoes, The Masaya and Nindiri Cones, and five craters, Masaya, San Fernando, Nindiri, San Pedro and Santiago. Santiago is the active crater. It is the only volcano in the western hemisphere where you are able to drive to the rim and if you have good speed, crash through the small wall and into the volcano...
This is the view of the crater over the wall behind the cars.
There are some small parrots that actually live inside the crater. They have their nests in cracs in the walls. The toxic gases doesn't seem to affect them at all.
On the way up to the vulcano we passed this round hill. Our guide said that under this there is activity because this little hill is growing every year. (couldn't find anything about it on the net so far though...)
In the park is an underground tunnel which was formed by lava flows, where you can find bats and look inside to see the glowing lava in the dark inside the volcano. We didn't do this on our round-trip. It is recommended to do this as a night trip, so next time I'll do that :)
The last lava-eruptions was in 1670 and 1772. After that it has only been degassing, and doing some huffing and puffing. One of the huffs and puffs was in 2001. There was an explosion within the crater that threw big rocks as far as 500 m away from the crater. Several cars got hit, and one person was injured.
So when you go up there you realize that it is vise to follow the signs informing you to park your car rear-end towards the crater, making it possible to make a quick exit if the vulcano starts to rumble....
So don't go up there hungry either, with a rumbling stomach, you might scare the hell out of the people close to you, and even your self.... ;)
The Spanish called the active volcano "The mouth of Hell" and in the 16th century they planted a cross close to the crater to protect them against the Devil.
Before the Spanish came the natives also made human sacrifices into the volcano to keep the gods happy.
The cross is named after Father Francisco Bobadilla and is called "The Bobadilla Cross"/"La Cruz de Bobadilla". There is a path with a lot of steps all the way up to the cross. Great view.
The flat area here is the San Pedro crater.
The smell up there is a bit like if you have just burned of some matches. Sulfa.
If you want to get an even better view over the area you have to climb up to the top of San Fernando. It is a short but steep climb up there. I'm really out of shape so my climb didn't go very fast. My friend who was always ten steps ahead of me stopped a few times and said that we didn't have to climb all the way up. Either she was beeing nice to me or she tried to use me as an excuse because she was tired herself :)
Well - I'm like the turtle, slow, but I'm getting there, so I climbed panting all the way up :)
It was worth it. The view is great.
There is usually a ranger at the top. Looking out for fires and keeping an eye on the tourists.
We where kind of lucky by the way. It was cloudy so the sun was not burning our necks today.
On the downside, the view also was a bit hazy, but we still could see quite far.
It is wise to have something other than sandals on your feet... (I brought my sneakers and forgot to change into them.) I didn't have any trouble untill I was heading down again. Then I got tons of sharp small gravels between my feet and my shoes. I survived without any wounds though...
When the rain falls through the clouds from the volcano it becomes acid, so a lot of threes there looked like this.
There where other threes clinging on.
And some beautiful flowers.
We where told to taste this red flower. It tasted sweet. Very good taste :)
These I think our guide called Perro Perro, but I can't find that on the net...
On the way down from the Park this fella cought the drivers attention and he stopped the car so the Poco Loco Tourista could get out and shoot some pictures of the iguana :)
Interesting links:
In english:
http://www.living-history-nicaragua.com/masaya-nicaragua.html
http://www.vianica.com/activity/2/visiting-masaya-volcano-national-park
http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Masaya_Volcano
http://es.wikipedia.org/wiki/Volc%C3%A1n_Masaya
http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Francisco_de_Bobadilla
http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Francisco_Mendoza_de_Bobadilla
Espanol:
http://es.wikipedia.org/wiki/Volc%C3%A1n_Masaya
Our guide Camilo told us that Masaya means "the land of deer and flowers" but on the internet I found that there are three possible meanings to the name:
"Place where there are deer", "Place between several waters or lagoons" and in language chorotega it means "Mountain that burns", due to the volcano Masaya.
The last one seems very possible to me :)
In 1979, Masaya became Nicaragua's first National Park, named Masaya Volcano National Park (Parque Nacional Volcan Masaya). The National Park has an area of 54 km² and includes two volcanoes, The Masaya and Nindiri Cones, and five craters, Masaya, San Fernando, Nindiri, San Pedro and Santiago. Santiago is the active crater. It is the only volcano in the western hemisphere where you are able to drive to the rim and if you have good speed, crash through the small wall and into the volcano...
This is the view of the crater over the wall behind the cars.
There are some small parrots that actually live inside the crater. They have their nests in cracs in the walls. The toxic gases doesn't seem to affect them at all.
On the way up to the vulcano we passed this round hill. Our guide said that under this there is activity because this little hill is growing every year. (couldn't find anything about it on the net so far though...)
In the park is an underground tunnel which was formed by lava flows, where you can find bats and look inside to see the glowing lava in the dark inside the volcano. We didn't do this on our round-trip. It is recommended to do this as a night trip, so next time I'll do that :)
The last lava-eruptions was in 1670 and 1772. After that it has only been degassing, and doing some huffing and puffing. One of the huffs and puffs was in 2001. There was an explosion within the crater that threw big rocks as far as 500 m away from the crater. Several cars got hit, and one person was injured.
So when you go up there you realize that it is vise to follow the signs informing you to park your car rear-end towards the crater, making it possible to make a quick exit if the vulcano starts to rumble....
So don't go up there hungry either, with a rumbling stomach, you might scare the hell out of the people close to you, and even your self.... ;)
The Spanish called the active volcano "The mouth of Hell" and in the 16th century they planted a cross close to the crater to protect them against the Devil.
Before the Spanish came the natives also made human sacrifices into the volcano to keep the gods happy.
The cross is named after Father Francisco Bobadilla and is called "The Bobadilla Cross"/"La Cruz de Bobadilla". There is a path with a lot of steps all the way up to the cross. Great view.
The flat area here is the San Pedro crater.
The smell up there is a bit like if you have just burned of some matches. Sulfa.
If you want to get an even better view over the area you have to climb up to the top of San Fernando. It is a short but steep climb up there. I'm really out of shape so my climb didn't go very fast. My friend who was always ten steps ahead of me stopped a few times and said that we didn't have to climb all the way up. Either she was beeing nice to me or she tried to use me as an excuse because she was tired herself :)
Well - I'm like the turtle, slow, but I'm getting there, so I climbed panting all the way up :)
It was worth it. The view is great.
There is usually a ranger at the top. Looking out for fires and keeping an eye on the tourists.
We where kind of lucky by the way. It was cloudy so the sun was not burning our necks today.
On the downside, the view also was a bit hazy, but we still could see quite far.
It is wise to have something other than sandals on your feet... (I brought my sneakers and forgot to change into them.) I didn't have any trouble untill I was heading down again. Then I got tons of sharp small gravels between my feet and my shoes. I survived without any wounds though...
When the rain falls through the clouds from the volcano it becomes acid, so a lot of threes there looked like this.
There where other threes clinging on.
And some beautiful flowers.
We where told to taste this red flower. It tasted sweet. Very good taste :)
These I think our guide called Perro Perro, but I can't find that on the net...
On the way down from the Park this fella cought the drivers attention and he stopped the car so the Poco Loco Tourista could get out and shoot some pictures of the iguana :)
Interesting links:
In english:
http://www.living-history-nicaragua.com/masaya-nicaragua.html
http://www.vianica.com/activity/2/visiting-masaya-volcano-national-park
http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Masaya_Volcano
http://es.wikipedia.org/wiki/Volc%C3%A1n_Masaya
http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Francisco_de_Bobadilla
http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Francisco_Mendoza_de_Bobadilla
Espanol:
http://es.wikipedia.org/wiki/Volc%C3%A1n_Masaya
fredag 12. februar 2010
Welcome-home-flowers
What a welcome home bunch of flowers.
Well - we are close to both mothersday and valentinesday so I got three flowers that combines them all. One from my daughter and the other two from my boyfriend :)
I think they missed me ;)
Well - we are close to both mothersday and valentinesday so I got three flowers that combines them all. One from my daughter and the other two from my boyfriend :)
I think they missed me ;)
Velkommen-hjem-blomster :)
Snakk om velkomst :)
Det er jo snart både morsdag og valentines så jeg har fått morsdagsblomst, som også er velkommen hjem blomst, fra min datter. Fra kjæresten min fikk jeg en valentinesblomst på forskudd og en blomst som velkommen hjem :)
Tror jammen de savnet meg ;)
Det er jo snart både morsdag og valentines så jeg har fått morsdagsblomst, som også er velkommen hjem blomst, fra min datter. Fra kjæresten min fikk jeg en valentinesblomst på forskudd og en blomst som velkommen hjem :)
Tror jammen de savnet meg ;)
tirsdag 9. februar 2010
Howling monkeys
This is a video with the sound of the howlingmonkeys at Majagual. The sound coming from that little monkey is unbelivable! When you hear it you expect to see King Kong himself. Imagine the disapointment when you get to see the cute little monkey. The flock I saw counted at least 11 individuals.
There are many howler monkey spiecies - Alouatta - but I'm not sure what type this is.
Some links:
Howler Monkeys: http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Howler_monkey
Mantled Howler: http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Mantled_Howler
There are many howler monkey spiecies - Alouatta - but I'm not sure what type this is.
Some links:
Howler Monkeys: http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Howler_monkey
Mantled Howler: http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Mantled_Howler
Boat to Ometepe
This is a video from our trip to Ometepe with the smallest and cheapest of the ferries.
The locals use this one very much.
The locals use this one very much.
Båten ut til Omotepe
Vi tok den minste passasjerbåten, den de lokale bruker fordi den er billigst...
Her er et klipp fra den turen :)
Her er et klipp fra den turen :)
Cristal - en nika-hund
Her følger noen bilder av Cristal, en av nika-hundene som jeg falt pladask for. Hun tilhører egentlig vaktmannen på området.
Nydelig hund, med et godt gemytt. Litt nervøs og tynn da vi kom, men hun la på seg (min venninne er raus med god mat til hundene :) ) og tødde opp.
Hun minte meg mye om en litt stor utgave av Chanel :)
Hun, og de andre hundene, elsker å være med på tur, særlig på stranda. Da løper de ivrig rundt oss, litt foran oss, litt bak oss og lar oss nesten aldri gå noe sted uten dem. Skulle vi på stranda uten hunder var vi nødt til å ta bilen.
Hundene har halsbånd, men de går aldri i bånd. Og de holder seg i nærheten. Fasinerende å observere faktisk.
Nydelig hund, med et godt gemytt. Litt nervøs og tynn da vi kom, men hun la på seg (min venninne er raus med god mat til hundene :) ) og tødde opp.
Hun minte meg mye om en litt stor utgave av Chanel :)
Hun, og de andre hundene, elsker å være med på tur, særlig på stranda. Da løper de ivrig rundt oss, litt foran oss, litt bak oss og lar oss nesten aldri gå noe sted uten dem. Skulle vi på stranda uten hunder var vi nødt til å ta bilen.
Hundene har halsbånd, men de går aldri i bånd. Og de holder seg i nærheten. Fasinerende å observere faktisk.
Wasp or ant?
This is some kind of wasp. Looks lika a flying ant though.
I was lucky and did not get stung by neither this one nor his friends.
I have tried to search the net to find out what type of wasp this is. No luck so far.
I was lucky and did not get stung by neither this one nor his friends.
I have tried to search the net to find out what type of wasp this is. No luck so far.
Veps eller maur?
Dette er en veps av et eller annet slag, men ser mer ut som stor flyvende maur.
Jeg har til nå klart meg, heldigvis, uten stikk fra denne og hans artsfrender.
Jeg har lett på internett men har ikke funnet ut hva slags veps dette er. Enn så lenge.
Jeg har til nå klart meg, heldigvis, uten stikk fra denne og hans artsfrender.
Jeg har lett på internett men har ikke funnet ut hva slags veps dette er. Enn så lenge.
Seeing hands
"Seeing hands" massasje er et av "Lasting change" prosjektene.
http://lastingchange.org/seeinghands.html
De gir blinde opplæring i kunsten å massere og hjelper de å komme i gang slik at de kan få en inntekt og forsørge seg selv. Så i tillegg til å få myknet opp stive muskler så støtter man et godt prosjekt.
http://lastingchange.org/seeinghands.html
De gir blinde opplæring i kunsten å massere og hjelper de å komme i gang slik at de kan få en inntekt og forsørge seg selv. Så i tillegg til å få myknet opp stive muskler så støtter man et godt prosjekt.
Brøleaper
Her er en video med lyden av de små apene som finnes i området ved Majagual. Utrolig mye lyd i det lille dyret. Høres ut som King Kong himself så man blir nesten litt skuffet når man endelig får øye på apen. Den ene flokken jeg så klarte jeg å telle 11 dyr i, men tror det var fler.
Det er mange typer brølaper - Alouatta - men jeg er ikke sikker på hvilken art det her er.
There are many howler monkey spiecies - Alouatta - but I'm not sure what type this is.
Det er mange typer brølaper - Alouatta - men jeg er ikke sikker på hvilken art det her er.
There are many howler monkey spiecies - Alouatta - but I'm not sure what type this is.
mandag 8. februar 2010
En tysker skikkelig på tur
I Granada i dag kom vi over denne sykkelen. Eieren så vi ikke noe til.
Snakk om å ta sykkelen med på tur da :)
(Skiltet forteller at den er fra Tyskland)
Snakk om å ta sykkelen med på tur da :)
(Skiltet forteller at den er fra Tyskland)
Casa de los Tres Mundos
Vi har vært inne på Casa de los Tres Mundos i dag.
http://www.c3mundos.org/en/area/firstpage
Det er bl.a. flere kunstnere her. Min venninne falt spesielt for dette bildet her. Altfor stort og dyrt, men vi fikk lov til å ta bilde av det sammen med kunstneren, Jamir Mejia Raudez. (700 norske)
Jeg har kjøpt et bilde med motiv av en fargerik ara-papegøye, malt av en annen kunstner, men det har de pakket så godt inn at det kommer ikke frem i lyset igjen før vi er hjemme.
http://www.c3mundos.org/en/area/firstpage
Det er bl.a. flere kunstnere her. Min venninne falt spesielt for dette bildet her. Altfor stort og dyrt, men vi fikk lov til å ta bilde av det sammen med kunstneren, Jamir Mejia Raudez. (700 norske)
Jeg har kjøpt et bilde med motiv av en fargerik ara-papegøye, malt av en annen kunstner, men det har de pakket så godt inn at det kommer ikke frem i lyset igjen før vi er hjemme.
torsdag 4. februar 2010
Litt flere bilder fra Nicaragua
Pcn her er dum....
saa her putter jeg bildeteksten forst.
En typisk ekviapasje med tynn hest og vogn bak.
Typisk familie paa tur paa moped.
Solnedgang paa Majaugual
Meg foran Concepcion paa Ometepe
Gravurner paa musee paa Ometepe.
Og det var det for denne gang, naa skal vi ut og handle litt for vi skal ut i jungelen igjen :)
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