Country Info
- Managua
- Capital
- Cordoba Oro (NIO)
- Currency
- 4,918,393
- Population
- NI
- Country Code
Nicaragua Slideshow
Travel Blogs from Nicaragua
San Juan del Sur
Hey there sports fans! Sorry to keep you in the dark for so long but Tracy and I were sucked into the black hole of Nicaragua. Also known as "San Juan del Sur", hereafter know as SJdS (because I dont like typing it everytime). We were there for about ...
Really movin
Well after an overnight in San Salavador i'm in Nic, sort of wished i'd forked out extra to get a long one day bus but what can you do, Managua seems nice compaired to San Sal and guatemala city, that however is saying very little. Met 7 Irish ladies ...
Going rustic in Miraflor
Popped up to a local reserve called Miraflor near Esteli. This is farming country. They grow coffee, bananas, orchids, and ornamental plants for export (?). We had arranged to stay with a local family for $15 a night including 3 meals. Rustic is an ...
J'ai deux (cent mille) amours
... belles, on y a toutes droit, c'est ca qui est bon. Et chaque pays a toujours ses propres variations de la langue espagnole. Au Nicaragua, les mecs entre eux s'appellent loco (fou), ex: ¿Que haces loco? Qu'est ce que tu fais mec? La purisima concepcion. ...
San Juan del Sur beach life!
Safi and I arrived in San Juan del Sur after the pretty good chicken bus ride via Rivas. We met a nice brother and sister couple on the bus and we checked into Hotel Estrella on the beach front with a great view from the balcony over the glistening ...
Granada
... Vi har hatt et par dager med kun reise, dro fra Antigua(Guatemala) til San Salvador(El Salvador), sov over, dro videre til Managua(Nicaragua) og Granada klokken 03:00 dagen etter :) En kjempefin "liten" tur paa kun 2 korte d0gn. Naar vi kom til Granada ...
The Chicken in the Egg
... a quick dip before the sun set, then found a beachfront bar to settle down and watch the sunset while sampling the local cervesas. Nicaragua has 2 beers. Victoria and Tona. I gave them both a sample, while the sun was setting behind the horizon of water. ...
The hostel has a pool!
... was a dream. Nicaragua remains a very poor country. Per capita GDP is slightly below Bolivia, but momentum is definitely on Nicaragua's side. Growth has been strong for the past two years and the country is eagerly accepting foreign investment. Big real ...
Nindirí, Nicaragua
We went to Nindirí, Nicaragua on the 6th. On the last day of the campaign there were 3 marriages and all 6 of them were baptized. There were 5 other baptisms. I met a lot of people. All the preachers were wanting to discuss what ...