Looking over the rim

Viva la revolution

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February 17th 2015
Roatan airport is a quiet place where small planes sit beside a short runway. When we are asked to board we walk across to a Czech turbo-prop. Eighteen seats and our little group are the only passengers. Effectively, a private plane to Tegucigalpa, the capital of Honduras! A minibus then takes us to the Nicaraguan border and we change money again, lempira into cordoba. Nicaragua is known for ha ... 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