NICARAGUA: Photos from the Road

Photographs for the story in No Home Address.

San Juan del Sur

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Beach of San Juan del Sur
Lunch in a bag
Lunch in a bag
Packing luggage on top of the chicken bus
Packing luggage on top of the chicken bus.
Inside the Chicken bus packed with people
Inside the chicken bus
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Public Transportation can get quite crowded but it is cheap

Leon

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Central Park, Leon
Cathedral of the Assumption of Mary
Cathedral of the Assumption of Mary
Gigantonas and an Enano
Gigantonas and an Enano
sopa de leche
Sopa de leche
Trin with Leon Viejos
Trim and the El Viejos. Trin is wearing the “Life is Good” T-shirt.
Trin trying to hit the piñata
Trin trying to hit the piñata on New Years Eve.
Trin jumping to doge fireworks
Dodging the fireworks on New Years Eve.
Starving horse

Telica Volcano

Part of the trail to Volcan Telica that is cut out of a hill.
Trail to Volcan Telica
Sign saying we were entering the danger zone of the volcano
Volcan Telica
Volcan Telica Nicaragua

Somoto Canyon

The deep canyon area of SOMOTO CANYON
Somoto Canyon
Trin jumping into the Somoto Canyon river
Somoto Canyon

Tisey Nature Reserve

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Tisey Estanzuela Natural Reserve, near Esteli
Alberto Gutiérrez
Alberto Gutiérrez
The carvings of Alberto Gutiérrez.
The carvings of Alberto Gutiérrez.
Hitching companion
Hitching companion

Waslala

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View on the way to Waslala
Building teams from the U.S.A.
Building teams from the U.S.A.
Trail to one of the home builds.
Trail to one of the home builds.
No safty concerns with this ladder
No worries about liability or regulations.  Just use ingenuity or each other to get the job done.

Corn Islands

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Sitting in a palm tree on the beach of Big Corn Island
Beach on Little Corn
Ride from El Rama just as we emerge from the plastic
Emerging from the plastic on our way to the Nica coast from El Rama.
Corn Island
Big Corn Island
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Our hostel on Big Corn Island

Ometepe

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Ometepe Island as seen from the shore of Lake Nicaragua near Rivas
Volcano on Ometepe
Ometepe
Trin and Bonnie on a moped
Photo credit: Perrine Huyghe
Cows on Ometepe
Cows on Ometepe

Other scenes from Nicaragua

FSLN
FSLN: Frente Sandinista de Liberacion Nacional.  The current ruling political party referred to as the Sandinistas
Murial on a wall in Somoto
Molotov Man: Rendition of an iconic Meiselas photo, on a wall in the town of Somoto.  I wonder what Pepsi thinks of this.
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Laguna de Apoyo, near Granada
market in Matagalpa
Open Market in Matagalpa

9 thoughts on “NICARAGUA: Photos from the Road”

  1. Wow. Great travelog. It’s got to be difficult for a country to rebuild after such devastation. I don’t imagine there’s much international investment.

      1. They’re is a LOT of investing, the growth from outside money is Big. The Government has programs that make it easier. Much of what was said was a backpackers opinion only, that’s OK but sometimes misleading in many ways.

        1. Hi Ralph, Thank you for posting. I was only there for 80 days so my view is limited. I did see a lot of outside money being invested. Many will probably do great, personally I’m not ready to take that risk, too many stories from locals on personally being threatened by the government to do things his way. Looking forward to more comments from you.

  2. Tina D. Stephens

    It is so interesting to hear about places I don’t often think of as a place to travel or vacation (not “typical). I too have learned, from international travel, to appreciate building and electrical regulations we have here in USA.

    1. It makes me appreciate the rules on one hand. On the other hand I like the freedom, freedom however requires personal responsibility (which I wish there was more of)

  3. This was a great blog. I, too, have come to appreciate what we have in the U.S. I feel that people need to travel in a foreign country to truly appreciate America. Keep the blogs coming.

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