So, it's our first morning waking up in the town of Granada, and this morning we
thought would start the day by going to get a haircut. We thought that could be a
good experience!!
So, we're with Martin, our friend that we met in Panama City, who's
with us a little bit, and we are going to go and see what kind of hair fashion we
can get done in Granada !!
Hola !!
We've stopped in a shop that has shoe soles on the door, and because Martin has
a problem with one of his flip-flops and the guy is very kindly pulled out some
glue, stuck his fingers in it, and he's smothering Martin's flip-flop with it so
we're just gonna sit here, wait for the glue to dry, and let you know how much it costs, because this is quite intriguing.
So the shoe cost exactly $1 but that wasn't the price that was given they actually
said no don't worry about it it's just a bit of glue, but Martin insisted and paid
what a lovely welcome to the Country !!
So Martin's going first, and he is just
behind me just about to have a shave and I'm here looking at the chart behind me
to try and work out which hairstyle I'm going to have today and maybe even a
little shave as well so now it's my turn to have my hair cut,
with this lovely gentleman, and my logic is if you're going to have a shave
you should have somebody mature, so that they have the experience.
So, Marianne has explained the type of hairstyle that I want
I've looked at the chart I'm not sure what I'm gonna come out with, but
the good news is but I don't have too much hair to play with, so shouldn't get too complicated!!
So the thing that we've enjoyed the most about Nicaragua is the
complete rawness of this country it's just been absolutely spectacular,
We are in the hairdresser's I can hear a cockerel in the courtyard behind me,
whilst seeing horses just galloping past me taking tourists around and carting umm
stuff around for the markets, it's just such a raw country, we were discussing
we were actually saying it feels like you've gone back a hundred years and you
feel like you're in the realest place on the planet!
Just spectacular really really definitely put it on your list
So, this lovely barber is softening Chris's face by wrapping it in a towel
How do you feel Love? Very relaxed !!
So we've just had a wonderful haircut I feel 10 years younger at least
and it was an absolute fabulous experience, to experience a haircut and a
shave with a cut throat razor here in Granada, absolutely wonderful !!
We are outside the Church of La Merced where there is a tower which is
reputed to have the best views in Granada
What is absolutely supercool, right at the top, you can actually hear the
pendulum swinging on this massive clock, and you can just capture the
pendulum swinging and then, you can see the massive three bells that surround
the top of the chapel. It's just so high up I've never been this close to a
pendulum and you can just, you're just slightly terrified that when the bells
go, although there are on ropes so I think people have to pull them and I didn't
see anybody down there, so and there are no bats in the belfry as far as I can see,
so that's always good news !!
Prayer in local language
What a happy place to live, the town of Granada is absolutely splashed with beautiful coloured buildings.
They are just brought alive with this stunning light tonight. It is, yeah, there is just is colour.
All the side streets we walk down behind the Cathedral and all the buildings are just
really beautifully decorated but it feels so quiet around it's not that busy
with tourists at the moment but it's absolutely beautiful here in Granada
There are horse and carts that will take you on tours around the city
$20 is $20 for an hour's guided tour and you can see the horse and carts going
down the streets but it's absolutely beautiful
Well around every corner there is a beautiful surprise
we're just fallen, across like a food place like a whole road that seems
to be pedestrianised, yes, it runs on the left-hand side of where the Cathedral is.
There are loads of restaurants outside seating, yeah, different vibes so far than we've seen
from the rest of the town looks really nice
and musical there's loads of music it's all so lovely here, but this has definitely
got like more of a Western vibe, yeah, music, sit out on the street tourist kind of thing
rather than the local restaurant which is more sit in a courtyard, yeah, this is
sort of set up more for the tourists .... it feels like it feels like it at the moment.
And any animal or horse lover that is worried about the horses and the conditions of the horses that are
pulling the traps they are quite thin, but as somebody pointed out to me, if we
use them they get paid and they get food. I was a little bit worried about using
them because obviously I don't want to put pressure on the horse but as
somebody said if we don't use them the horses don't have value and
not going to be looked after so we need to use them even though it's against
maybe what you would normally think - wise words I think!
So, when we bought the new GoPro we were actually contacted by loads of
different people and told to give it a name. So, I'm gonna ask one of my lovely
hostel newbie friends to pick out of the Hat one of the answers or one of the names
that we're going to choose for our new GoPro so let's have a go, Let's go for it !! de de de deeeh !! Here we go !! This is the one ... Should I ? - Yeah do it !!
it do it do it - Should I read it ? I think you should !! - Gladys
it's Gladys the GoPro and Stephen Bolton has chosen that name de de de deeh !! Thank you so much ! So there we go
our new GoPro 7 is going to be called 'Gladys'
So that was a fabulous experience and I actually feel very cleanly shaven with
nice short hair ... cut ... what the hell is that? it is an advertising truck
All the lights .... all the pretty lights in the trees ...... trees !!!