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Las Historias de Guerra (War Stories)

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September 5th 2009
It seems like everyone in this town has a war story. I´m in the northern city of Leon, waylaid here for a week while I wait out a flat spell of no waves. To make a long story short, I fell in with a rowdy crowd of Australians back in Popoyo and we were on our way to El Salvador when we stopped over here in Leon for the weekend. However, the modern miracle of internet surf forecasting told ... read more

Central America Caribbean » Nicaragua » Northern Pacific Coast » Leon

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The Pacific Coast of Nicaragua was settled as a Spanish colony from Panama in the early 16th century. Independence from Spain was declared in 1821 and the country became an independent republic in 1838. Britain occupied the Caribbean Coast in the fir... ... read more