Santa Domingo Beach

Mangoes, Crater Lakes and the Gates of Hell

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May 26th 2010
Isla de Ometepe Back on the good old (and sometimes very old) chicken buses, we were heading for our first Nicaraguan destination, Isla de Ometepe. After a bus ride with our Canadian counterparts, then a taxi to the ferry port, then realising we needed to get some money another taxi back to town, then a bicycle taxi part of the way out of town, then a hitchhike back to the port, ... 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