Dodging a Hurricane

It´s a good thing I changed my plans for the Corn Islands, because if I had flown there on Thursday I would now be stuck in a Hurricane Beta with no way to get away (the Corn Islands´ airport is closed). I got stalled yesterday trying to figure out the best place to go to avoid it. I read online that the storm was causing heavy rains in Cabo Gracias a Dios, and since my next destination is Gracias a Dios, Honduras, I got confused and thought I couldn´t go there. But it´s a matter of mistaken identity, and plus, I´ve just learned that the storm is headed more or less directly towards where I am now. (Here´s a map). So, now that I´ve established that it´s Thank God Cape which is being rained on, not Thanks to God the town, my path has been cleared and I´m outta here. At the moment, here is Estelí, a city in Northern Nicaragua, fairly near the Honduran border. It´s pretty quiet here, and the nearby National Park requires reservations which I didn´t make, so I don´t have much to do.

I wound up spending six days in León, which is practically a record for me. I made friends with a group of six or so people from my hostel and we had a good time going to the beach, going out and hanging out, mostly at the bar. But it was time to move on, so it looks like I´ll be leaving Nicaragua today or tomorrow, depending on my bus connections.

As for the Hurricane warnings, don´t worry about me, I am following it all on weather.com and will be sure to get out of its way.