Beard today...

Jinotega, Matagalpa and beyond..

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January 27th 2009
Ok, so sorry for being slack a combination the only excuse we can offer is a combination of hot weather, small towns with no computers and immense amounts of re-planning as the trip changes day by day. Enough excuses now, back to the update. We left Esteli after a couple of interesting days and a trip to the barbers for Ben (see pics) and headed for Jinotega, dubbed the city of mists but shou ... 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