Managua
Travel Blogs from Managua, Nicaragua
Hanging with the locals
... William is a professional geologist, much of the tour included insights into the unique and highly volatile geographic setting of Managua. Visits to sunken crater lakes, fault lines, and panoramas where he explained geologic events were items on the tour ...
Managua
Alex: Managua was just a one nighter to break up the trip to Isla de Ometepe - thank God! Nicaragua is one of the poorest countries in CAm and you could tell. The countries we have visited so far have been fairly poor, lots of shacks in the countryside ...
Luxury trip to Nicaragua
... when in small numbers. A great and rewarding stay was had and now it is time to move country.... Fact for the day, Lago Nicaragua has the only freshwater sharks to swim itīs waters....marinists believe that they migrate up river from the Rio San ...
Border Crossings - Central America
... This enduced a huge giggle from Segnorita Margarita, and she gave us an extra big bowl of chicken soup. We rode to Managua, the capital of Nicaragua, and started our search for a place to sleep. The first hotel we came to was the Auto Hotel Calibri, ...
Nicabocaglory
... nothing to exciting and was far from dodgy which LP lead me to believe.. The ancient footprints that are the only reason I stayed in Managua are closed Sunday so took a short taxi to check out the metrocentre, I didnt stay long after my pizza hut meal and ...
Gringolandia
19 January, 2006 Don't Call Me 'Nica, Pinche Gringo: All Things Gringo Managua, Nicaragua - I have a coconut problem. It's a rapidly developing addiction which snuck up on my in the last four months or so. Even a few short years ago I could stare an ...
FSLN Revolution Epilogue
... ;So sad! From there we jumped on a bus headed for Tegucigalpa, spent the night and then headed the next day for Managua, Nicaragua. We arrived around 8pm on Wednesday into Managua which at that time it was pitch black. The freakiest thing ...
The Tica Experience
... shopping. The bus left at 9 a.m. The first leg of the trip was relatively uneventful. We went from Tegus to Managua, Nicaragua, taking a total of 8 hours. The boarder crossing was SWEET because the bus dude took all our passports and got them ...
Nicaragua: Sept. 24-27 "Taxi drivers gone wild"
... ) and tours can be set up through the hotel for $6. Sept 26/27: After a ferry and a handful of buses, we end up in Managua...it was a shock to the senses after being in a nice little agricultural town for the last two days...and we wanted to spend as ...
We made it!!
Why Nicaragua?? Why not! The purpose of this blog is to try to give everyone the opportunity to see what a beautiful country Nicaragua is, and how safe it is to travel here. Ross and I arrived in Managua lastnight just after 9:00pm,there was a car and ...
Back to San Juan del Sur!!
... Just for our Chicago buddies, Clay and Kim. It's a tennis court!! Yay ! I see this statue everywhere in Nicaragua, but do not know the significance . Anybody have any idea who she is?? I would be interested to find out ...
Being brave in Managua
... the earthquake, the clock on the cathedral shows the time the quake hit and the large steel pole depicts the epicentre. Managua city centre is empty, it is a Sunday afternoon but completely empty. I personally feel we have chosen a good time to ...
Chicken bus from sunrise to sunset--part 2
... little happy Nicaraguan girl cry. I admitted my stupid action, which was probably not a cool thing to do. We arrived in Managua (capital of Nicaragua) after sunset. We were lost as usual. We had some chicken for dinner and took a taxi to the hotel ...
Viva Nicaragua
... was a power outage and we had to leave half way through the movie, but hey, like China today, Nicaragua's modernization takes time to develop. I didn't expect Managua for what it is, but it sure opened my eyes to the world a little more, it is still ...
Stop over again
Bonjour tout le monde! desole pour ces 10 jours passes sans alimenter le blog mais la connection internet au nicaragua est tres anecdotique.. yo yo bref, nous rattrapons le temps perdu. Apres un trajet en bus sans souci et des sacs bien proteges sur le ...
Nicaragua - Managua and Pochomil
... ) - not a great combination! Anyhow, we decided that we needed a rest day with no travelling, and although the capital of Nicaragua, Managua, isnīt internationally known for itīs charm or beauty we decided to stay for a day. Managua itself is super ...
Managua - just another ugly city
We arrived there quite late because of the day of the revolution from 1979. From the outskirts and the countryside busses went into the city with people in and on it with black and red striped flags. Finally just a celebration and not a new one. The ...
Dodge City aka Managua
... couldnīt move. When we eventually got going again it was another couple of hours through Honduras. We crossed the border into Nicaragua (still no stamps) and had to pay a couple of dollars just for the hell of it. One of the Tica bus ...
Civilization!
... the taxi from the hostel. They were lovely people and we had a good bus ride from El Salvador through Honduras and into Nicaragua. Although I since found out that the Tica bus conductor ripped me off $3 USD as the enterance into Nicaragua is only $7 USD ...
The never ending journey
... ripped us off for 6 dollars each, I asked a few times what for, as we dont need to pay to go into El Salvador or to leave Nicaragua, but she kept yapping at speed, and for once, I was just too tired to argue..., we were given some kind of eggy burger for ...
Iz Hondurasa v Nicaraguo
Jutro v Tegucigalpii je bilo oblacno. Zame verjetno edina pozitivna stvar v Tegucigalpii je bila temperatura, saj sem po nekaj dneh spet koncno lahko normalnoa zadihal (20 stopinj). Jutro nama je potrdilo neprijazno okolico. Taksist naju je najprej ...
Melodia
Buenas, Apologies for the delay! Got a bit sidetracked in Nicaragua and forgot to blog! Boooo! Finally hit the two months to go mark, hasn't time flown by! Stayed on the Isle de Ometepe for three nights, a little disappointing for the first two at Playa ...
Area Monumental in Managua
... toho moc nenachazi, pze v roce 1972 zde zemetreseni zborilo mnoho budov a zdejsi vlada nema mnoho prostredku na rekonstrukci mesta. Managua jako takova take nema zadne centralni namesti. Musel jsem jit hodne na lehko, pze se v tomhle meste ...
Managua, Nicaragua
Well let me just start by saying that Tracy and I werent exactly thrilled with Managua. We were totally surprised by how nice San Salvador was, and we were hoping Managua would be the same. Nope, no way. I'm not one to talk bad about a city that ...


