Managua, Nicaragua Travel Blogs

Transiting Managua
Dec 22, 2006

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Hanging with the locals
Jul 15, 2007 (3 photos)

... 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
Oct 8, 2006

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
Mar 28, 2005 (20 photos)

... 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 Juan(Carribean ...

Transiting Managua again
Dec 28, 2006

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Gringolandia
Jan 18, 2006 (3 photos)

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
Nov 22, 2007 (8 photos)

... ;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
Oct 11, 2007

... 're 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 all ...

Nicaragua: Sept. 24-27 "Taxi drivers gone wild"
Sep 27, 2003 (4 photos)

... 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 little ...

Chicken bus from sunrise to sunset--part 2
Dec 15, 2001

... 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 zone ...

Viva Nicaragua
Dec 16, 2001

... 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 ...

Nicaragua - Managua and Pochomil
Feb 27, 2008 (12 photos)

... 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 congested, ...

Another stop over
May 17, 2007

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Managua - just another ugly city
Jul 20, 2007

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
Sep 10, 2009

... 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 guys ...

Managua
Dec 31, 2006

Managua

Wegwezen!!
Jul 4, 2009

... een tussenstop te maken in San Miguel, om een uitstap te kunnen maken naar Perquin, maar we gaan vandaag door naar Managua in Nicaragua. We hadden eerder al besloten om niet te gaan vliegen omdat de kosten hoog zijn dus vandaag moeten we eraan geloven om ...

Area Monumental in Managua
Jan 16, 2009 (4 photos)

... 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 odehravaji ...

Managua, Nicaragua
Apr 29, 2009 (4 photos)

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 ...

Managua, Volcan Masaya and Laguna de Apoyo
Aug 5, 2009 (35 photos)

... me to Catarina, a small town about 20 mintues away which affords incredible views of Laguna de Apoyo, Granada and Lago de Nicaragua in the far distance. I'm so impressed by the beauty of this place - there are lakes and volcanoes everywhere. Back at the ...

One night stop---Managua
Feb 16, 2009 (10 photos)

You would never know from these photos that we were in a city that nearly everyone condemned as highly dangerous. We enjoyed this beautiful colonial style hotel (our only 4 star for the month!) and then high-tailed it out of Managua the very next morning.

Granada and Gone!
Jan 12, 2009 (29 photos)

... about their perception of events past and present. There is clearly an opposition to the FSLN [Sandinista Liberation Front of Nicaragua] here. Daniel Ortega managed to win his first democratic election here due to the fact that the liberal party [PLC and ...

last day in Nicaragua
Feb 8, 2009 (2 photos)

Our last day in Nicaragua! We finally leave the hotel in Chinandega, where we stayed 3 nights. We first drive to León to take a last good meal at Hospedaje Via Via, a good spagetti bolognese. Than to Managua where we find a cheap, but clean hostel, Hotel ...

Managua, Nicaragua
Oct 31, 2006 (7 photos)

A short but nice visit

We fly to Managua Nicaragua on COPA
Dec 17, 2008

We flew COPA airlines from Panama City to Managua, Nicaragua

from Belgium to Managua
Jan 25, 2009 (22 photos)

... monument and park in honour of Pope John Paul II who preached here in 1983 and again in 1996. About Managua Managua is the capital city of Nicaragua, it is also its largest city. The city was declared the national capital in 1852. Previously, the capital ...

Managua
May 18, 2008

gross. though hostal santos was nice. ended up spending most of my time with a guy from georgia who had been deported after being in prison for 7 years and was currently struggling quite a bit with aids and poverty. he wanted my shoes. i gave him my ...

Welcome to Nicaragua
Jan 14, 2009 (3 photos)

Tak jsem dnes konecne dorazil do hlavniho mesta Nikaraguy - Managua. Cestu jsem zacal v Tegucigalpe v pul seste rano a do Managuy dorazil po 14. hodine, takze jsem mel moznost se podivat ve ctvrti, kde bydlim Barrio Martha Quezada, kde je kraterove jezero ...

Managua
Nov 19, 2005

... old "so why are you in Nicaragua?". He was equally as curious as to why we, three Americans, would come to Nicaragua, let alone Managua for vacations. Throughout the day/night, we got along just fine with Don Miguel and his beautiful staff. We got to ...

Nicaragua
Dec 11, 2005 (2 photos)

We arrived at the border with Nicaragua after a day of sitting and started driving all over the place to get our passports stamped and our luggage inspected. Afterwards we headed on to Managua arriving at about 11 PM. Well let me tell you, arriving in ...