The tourism industry hasn’t quite reached northern Nicaragua yet. Typical tourists amenities like visitor’s centers, tourism agencies, street signs, maps, and hot showers are rare. Most people don’t speak any English and if you see another white face around, they are probably a Peace Corp volunteer. But for people who don’t need or want such luxuries, northern Nicaragua is full of do-it-yourself adventures. Here are photos from some of our weekend outings….
Hiking Cerro Grande, or “big hill”, the tallest thing visible from our neighborhood. A dirt road led half the way up, then we had to crawl through barbed wire fences and bushwhack to the top.
Cerro Grande from a distance at sunset
Sabana Grande from the top of Cerro Grande
Nice view halfway up
Hiking/ floating through Somoto Canyon, the birthplace of Rio Coco, the longest river in Central America. To get there we piled into the back of a moving van with a hoard of 30 Peace Corps volunteers from all over Nicaragua, mostly working in agriculture, health, or business development.
Us floating/swimming
Somoto Canyon
Touring a coffee farm near the Honduran border. We tagged along with the Rotary Club for this special tour. These coffee farms have won international awards for the quality of their beans and are where Starbucks gets their organic, free-trade, shade-grown, magical beans.
Coffee the plant
Coffee the bean
The coffee farm
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