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Central America Caribbean » Nicaragua November 26th 2004

Nicaragua..Welcome with open arms!! Nicaragua, Central America Bordered by Costa Rica on the South and Honduras to the North, Nicaragua or "Nica" is undergoing quite a renaissance including the development of sustainable tourism and retirement communties after years of conflict, political strife And endemic corruption. Our Nicaraguan Friends operate a small family run hotel in Masaya, only 17 miles or 24 km. from Managua and are able to arrange for visitors tours and transportation along with bilingual guide services if required. For those interested in coming down personally to Nicaragua and looking around for themselves with their own eyeballs at charming Colonial Granada, unspoiled Pacific Beaches near San Juan del Sur, enchanting mountain towns of Esteli and Matagalpa and much much more. You be the judge. No restrictions on land purchases for foreigners or j... read more

Nicaragua Photos

Central America Caribbean » Nicaragua » Capital Region » Managua November 12th 2004

Cathedral

Teresa

A taste of 3 weeks in Nicaragua. Spent time in Managua, Grananda, and Leon meeting arrogant political leaders, working with various NGOS dedicated to organizing womens cooperatives and reaching out to street children, visiting schools, and homes, and finally sweating out all our toxins in a sweat lodge. ... read more

Nicaragua + Costa Rica

Central America Caribbean » Nicaragua July 22nd 2003

Leon

The Corn Flake Traveller

Nicaragua + Costa Rica - 7 Weeks I crossed into Nicaragua with a friend and spent 4 weeks checking out the country. First we went to Leon and did very little then we went to the tiny coastal town of Poneloya. As we arrived we discovered the only hotel was too expensive and had a monkey tied up in the garden, I refused to stay there and we got lucky and stayed with a local. Managua was just a stop off on the way to Granada and I spent some time here as it was very pleasant. From Granada, I traveled over land to the Carribbean Corn islands and it took 3 days to travel via a bus and a couple of boats and for this reason, after a week on the island, I took ... read more

How I met your mother

Central America Caribbean » Nicaragua » Southern Pacific Coast » Isla de Ometepe January 3rd 2003

Ometepe Island

yaron and hagit

Kids, Everyone in his 20s knows for a fact that life ends at age 30. Then, you reach your 30s and realize that indeed life, as you knew it, has ended. A few try to continue living as if nothing happened - missing both the 30-something experience and not fully enjoying the 20-something stuff anymore. Most, embrace their new life so much that their old 20-something self might as well be turning in his grave. A few leave themselves mental notes from the 20s to the 30s and manage to embrace the best of both. This is the story of one of these mental notes…. in January 2003 (still in my late 20s) I was traveling alone in Nicaragua where I came across, by word of mouth, one of the best backpack’s places I have ... read more

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Central America Caribbean » Nicaragua August 29th 1990

Peripatetic RPh

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Brief history of Nicaragua

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...more history

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