San Juan del Sur, Nicaragua While I was a Peace Corps Volunteer in Costa Rica, I visited neighboring Nicaragua with my wife (then girlfriend), who was visiting me from the U.S. My wife’s father is from Nicaragua, so we went to see the extended family in the capital of Managua. Before going to Managua, weContinue reading “San Juan del Sur, Nicaragua, Potomac River Hiking, and Costa Rican Beach Adventures”
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A History of Nicaragua (and photos from my trip)
After having heard a lot about the tumultuous political history of Nicaragua, what with my in-laws being from Nicaragua and having been a Peace Corps Volunteer in nearby Costa Rica, I was still never quite able to put all the pieces together. I knew of the Somoza dictatorship, the Sandinistas, the Iran-Contras scandal, the lunacyContinue reading “A History of Nicaragua (and photos from my trip)”