Miles 243,  Days total 8,  Days off 3, Total Accumulative Ascent 3000m

The red line is our cycle route and the dotted blue line is a side-trip we took by boat to the Island of Ometepe.  The first part of the journey was, unexpectedly, along a dirt road although it was marked on our map as a principle highway.  This left us in the dark some miles short of Chinandega, our destination for the night.  At Chinangega we joined a paved road taking us Southeast through two Colonial towns of Leon and Granada as well as the capital city of Managua.  The route follows the Western edge of Lago de Nicaragua crossing the border with Costa Rica at Penas Blancas.