"Nicaragua! An undiscovered paradise!" Top 5 Page for this destination Nicaragua by JenniferG

Nicaragua Travel Guide: 1,674 reviews and 5,783 photos

Nicaragua is definitely my most favourite country in Central-America. Here you can find the real laidback life of the locals without being spoiled by tourism.
For me this country was an eye opener. I finally saw that people can live a happy life without owning a lot. They live in wooden huts hold together with a bit of plastic but they're very proud of the way they life!

Besides the local life the nature was once again amazing. Beautiful lakes, volcanoes and beaches.

We went to the following places:
San Juan del Sur
Isla de Ometepe
Granada
The Corn Islands

Check my must see activity tips for more info and pics!

One of the highlights: the local life

wooden hut

It's amazing that people can live in houses like this and still be happy! I guess we, as western peole, are pretty spoiled...

Seaturtles: endangered?

seaturtle for consumption

Although throughout the world the seaturtles are endangered the local here in Nicaragua keep on catching them. They say they've never heard of the turtles being protected.

I do understand it, those people are poor and need food to eat. They have a really good day if they catch a turtle but they treat them very bad. They force them to lie on their backs, they make holes in their legs and tie them up so that they can't moved and then they keep them alive for days to keep them fresh... Horrible to see later on that the dish of the day is turtle...

Last visit to Nicaragua: Nov 2002
Intro Updated Dec 14, 2003
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rdney99 Jan 26, 2007 at 11:06 AM

Nice pictures and insight on life in Nicaragua, very eye-opening. - Tony
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Blue_bombers Apr 27, 2006 at 6:44 AM

Great tips and photos
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Katmosphere Mar 12, 2006 at 5:24 PM

Very nice!!
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Dickster Nov 24, 2005 at 6:36 AM

Nice pics
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Pete.Gibson Nov 23, 2005 at 6:19 AM

Great stuff Jennifer, Your page brings to life a beautiful but poor country
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metteks Sep 14, 2005 at 9:06 AM

From your tip I think that you had just a bad boattrip as I did to the Corn Islands. Mine was so bad that I flew back. Nicaragua is a great country.
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trek06 Aug 19, 2005 at 8:44 PM

Well done. I fell in love with Nicaragua as well. regards trek06
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BorderHopper Jul 23, 2005 at 3:03 AM

A fantastic read despite it being 3 am here in Los Angeles! Your Nicaragua pages are wonderful and you've given me so many ideas for our trip there next month. Happy travels to you!
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ronny_m21 May 20, 2005 at 11:03 AM

great page!!
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lordvader Apr 19, 2005 at 1:30 AM

Great job Jennifer, you brought back many pleasant memories of Ometepe and Granada.