Volcano boarding

All citied out

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October 25th 2008
So into Nicaragua I went (I'm actually in Costa Rica now, but lets pretend I'm updating this properly eh?) Travelling between Perquin in El Salvador and Leon in Nicaragua took about 11 hours, required 2 border crossings, and possibly most impressively, required me to take 8 buses. That must be some kind of record, if anyone can beat it I'd be most interested. But anyway, I did arrive, so we con ... 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