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Granada_880S0605_The Cathedral and Christmas decorations from Central Park_



Granada_880S0609_View of the Cathedral_



Granada_880S0610_Double bike riding seems to be common amongst children_



Granada_880S0612_View of the Cathedral with Volcan Mombacho_



Granada_880S0616_The Cathedral from Independence Plaza_



Granada_880S0620_Memorial to heros of the Independence_



Granada_880S0623_A large church on the road down to the lake front_



Granada_880S0631_Colorful streets of Granada with the Cathedral in the background_



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Granada_880S0637_Victoria beer, made in Nicaragua, is our choice_



Granada_880S0638_Colonial style buildings along the central park_



Granada_880S0639_Stairs leading to the beautiful blue San Francisco church and convent_



Granada_880S0642_Indigeneous stone carvings found on one of the islands_



Granada_880S0645_Indigeneous stone carvings - they often had a human figure with an animal on top of their head_



Granada_880S0651_Horse carriages lined up along the central park_



Granada_880S0655_Horse carriages lined up along the central park_



Granada_880S0667_Colorful homes and shops along the streets during our horse and carriage ride_



Granada_880S0678_View from the roof of El Merced church_



Granada_880S0682_View of the Cathedral from the El Merced bell tower during sunset_



Granada_880S0688_Mario on the back side of the facade on El Merced roof_



Granada_880S0696_Jaimie almost all the way up the bell tower on El Merced - volcano Mombacho behind_



Granada_880S0699_View from El Merced roof at sunset_



Granada_880S0705_Volcano Mombacho at sunset_



Granada_880S0708_Colorful town and rooftops from the bell tower of El Merced_



Granada_880S0709_Our feet and the bell - luckily it didn't ring while we were up there!_



Granada_880S0713_Us underneath the bell in the highest tower of El Merced_



Granada_880S0716_Part of the many staircases leading to the top of El Merced_



Granada_880S0719_Spiral staircase that took us up El Merced bell tower and rooftops_



Granada_880S0726_Beautiful view of Granada at sunset_



Granada_880S0728_Beautiful view of Granada at sunset_



Granada_880S0731_Beautiful view of El Cathedral at sunset with Lake Nicaragua behind_



Granada_880S0741_Colorful spiral stairs leading up the El Merced bell towers_



Granada_880S0747_Colorful streets of Granada - biking seems to be a popular mode of transportation here_



Granada_880S0753_The ideal vacation - bamboo chairs in a lush garden with banana trees in reach!_



Granada_IMG_0166_Jaimie during our great kayak adventure on Lake Nicaragua the the Isletas_



Granada_IMG_0171_A boy rowed next to us and raced us for a little while on our kayak journey - I think it was a tie_



Granada_IMG_0178_We paddled by a small island with 4 monkeys that greeted us_



Granada_IMG_0186_The monkeys hung from the trees and watched us curiously as we paddled around them_



Granada_IMG_0192_Monkey swinging from the trees on the island_



Granada_IMG_0205_Small bats attached to the underside of this old boat - they took off when we got too close_



Granada_IMG_0210_View from inside San Pablo fortress on one of the small islands_



Granada_IMG_0213_Us on top of the San Pablo fortress with the lake behind_



Granada_IMG_0214_View from top of the San Pablo fortress with the lake and volcano behind_



Granada_IMG_0222_Mario with one of the canons surrounding the fortress San Pablo_



Granada_IMG_0227_Jaimie and Manuel, our tour guide, on Lake Nicaragua_



Granada_IMG_0230_Jaimie and Manuel, our tour guide, on Lake Nicaragua_



Granada_IMG_0235_Mario and his kayak on Lake Nicaragua_



Granada_IMG_0242_Us in the forest waterways surrounding the small islands_



Granada_IMG_0244_Look closely for a little bird hiding on the tree_



Granada_IMG_0245_Manuel lost in the rainforest_



Granada_IMG_0252_Scary stowaway on Mario's kayak - Jaimie had a pure white one too!_



Granada_IMG_PAN_Panoramic view from the top of the San Pablo fortress_