Terry and The Big Mackerel
While in Las Penitas Terry spent one morning out fishing with a local. He caught this Mackerel along with several others, a blue fin Tuna and some needlenosed looking thing. There was some lack of communication (imagine that) and what he thought was a $70 excursion turned into $100. Then he took the big fish to the hostel where we stayed and they cooked it up, charged us for the meal (slightly reducing the price) then kept the rest of the fish for their special of the day. The fish was good but I would have rather had the tuna, it had nice red meat. The captain told Terry the red meat was no good and that he would use it for shark bait, I'll bet he used it for his own dinner.
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 
