..we read about the Nature reserve Miraflor in our guidebook and we also read about a local organisation, called UCA, organising and supporting ecotourism and sustainable farming in local comunities in the area of Miraflor.
So we went to Esteli, near Miraflor (not to Matagalpa), where we found a relativly quiet city on the Panamericana.
Esteli is on the bottom of the Nicaraguan highlands and was a stronghold during the revolution.
We arrived yesterday and since then spend a lot of time cycling around the town.
At 6am this morning a loud fire-siren woke us up and we were prepared to grab our things and leave the hotel. But since everything around stayed silent, we kept on sleeping a bit longer.
During the day we heard the siren again and this time we asked somebody and learned, that the purpose of the siren is simply to wake up the people and tell them, when it is time for lunch…
For tomorrow and the next three days we booked a local guide for a tour with UCA. We will stay at peoples homes and travel the Miraflor reserve on foot and by horse.
We are excited…