Roof of La Asunción Cathedral, Léon, Nicaragua

Panama Canal 2015 1 Mar. Day 10

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March 1st 2015
If it's Sunday, it must be Nicaragua. We have arrived at Corinto, Nicaragua's commercial port on the Pacific. The closest city of interest is Leon, and that is our destination today on our bus tour. Our guide Jorge is a fount of information about his country Nicaragua, "the land of lakes and volcanoes." He spins through the history of the Spanish conquest, the era of pirates and privateers, and ... read more

Central America Caribbean » Nicaragua

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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