Country Info
- Managua
- Capital
- Cordoba Oro (NIO)
- Currency
- 4,918,393
- Population
- NI
- Country Code
Nicaragua Slideshow
Nicaragua
Travel Blogs from Nicaragua
Waterfalls and Monkeys
... a reasonably early morning bus out of Granada heading south for a town called Rivas (shithole) to connect to the island of Ometepe on lake Nicaragua. The bus took the usual shit journey and we had to wait an hour or so at the ferry dock where we met Rosco ...
¿Cómo te gustan los huevos?
... out with various bits and bobs which were within my relatively limited capabilities. On a more happy note I discovered my favourite Nicaragua dish: frito mixto, mmmm, just thinking about it is making me almost dribble! Simply consisting of some ...
Cloud forest volcano and body surfing in a lake
... the base I was transfixed by a little piggy having a very good poke about in the dirt. There really are pigs everywhere in Nicaragua and I really like them. Going up the trail we saw coffee plants and tasted the sweet red fruit that has the bean ...
Granada
Granada is a charming historical city where life busily carries on amongst tourists and locals. One thing we noticed in Nicaragua is that there are far fewer vehicles than other countries on route so far which makes for a pleasant city experience without ...
Rally de Ometepe
... were in fact rocky riverbeds and only passable at certain times of the year. However, Ometepe is a beautiful and unspoiled part of Nicaragua and it was well worth the bruises to really get off the beaten track here. The two volcanoes, standing at each ...
Coup in Honduras!
... right now there is a nine pm curfew. Hmmm. But no worries, since I still have at least three more weeks in Nicaragua. The other important events on tv today were the USA-Brasil match and the Espana-Sudafrica match. Both were closely ...