Granada from the lake

Granada, Nicaragua

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November 1st 2008
With my book bag stuffed with clothes, some snacks for the road, my trusty nalgene, a good book and passport I was headed to Nicaragua for the weekend. 9 hours later a bus full of 18 scruffy American kids arrived in the tourist capital of the country - Granada. There were 3 reasons why it took so long to get there; first of all CR is full of mountains and basically to get anywhere outside of the C ... read more

Central America Caribbean » Nicaragua » Southern Pacific Coast » Granada

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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