Granada - view from San Mercad

La la bamba

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December 16th 2010
Crossing the border into Nicaragua felt like a home-coming. The song “La Bamba” (yo no soy marinero...) was blaring out at the customs offices, next to a statue of the revolutionary hero Sandino. La Bamba was a theme song for us 23 years ago when we worked as “Sandinistas” on the cooperative. Within a couple of hours of being in Nicaragua we’d spoken more Spanish than we had during a wee ... read more

Central America Caribbean » Nicaragua » Northern Highlands » Matagalpa

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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