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Mark Moxon's Travel Writing

Nicaragua: León

The Basílica de la Ascuncíon
The Basílica de la Ascuncíon

Bloody hell, León is hot. Sure, it's a dry heat without a hint of moisture in the air, but the sun beats down without mercy and the breezes are hairdryer-hot, and as you walk around the colonial streets of Nicaragua's capital of political intellectualism and poetry, you can practically hear the walls panting. How anyone manages to survive in this furnace of a city, I don't know, but any plans we'd made soon evaporated in the stifling heat as even mad dogs and Englishmen waved the white flag and ducked inside for a cold drink.

The view west from the cathedral roof towards Iglesia El Calvario
The view west from the cathedral roof towards Iglesia El Calvario
On the cathedral roof
On the cathedral roof
Peta walking back from the tower on the cathedral roof
Peta walking back from the tower on the cathedral roof
Parque Central
Parque Central
Iglesia de la Recolecíon
Iglesia de la Recolecíon
Iglesia El Calvario
Iglesia El Calvario