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Nicaragua

  • Population: 5.7 million (UN, 2005)
  • Capital: Managua
  • Area: 120,254 sq km (46,430 sq miles)
  • Major languages: Spanish, English, indigenous languages
  • Major religion: Christianity
  • Life expectancy: 67 years (men), 72 years (women) (UN)
  • Monetary unit: 1 gold cordoba = 100 centavos

Road Junky has 4 Nicaragua articles. Scroll down to view.

Bull Testicles, Ticks and Woofing in Central America

I’d never really liked bulls, ever since I’d seen a piece on the news about a man going to fix a gas leak by the side of a road in ...

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Heidi's Bar, Travel in Granada, Nicaragua

Despite an affinity for the music of Tom Waits and the blues
, I’d never spent much time sitting at a bar until i came to Granada, Nicaragua. There ...

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Ometepe Travel Nicaragua Volcano

“Con gusto,” our waiter said as he set a plate of gallo pinto in front of each of us. The fried rice and beans mix, a staple of most meals ...

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Granada, Nicaragua, the Backpacker Invasion

The road through Nicaragua is like a tongue of tarmac squeezing through a rolling landscape of green; not the dense vegetation of the jungle that suffocates all view but rather ...

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