Managua Vacations, Managua Vacation Reviews, Tourism Guide

Shortly after passing through Tegus we came to the border of Honduras and Nicaragua!! We exited the vehicle as a mass, and headed over to the stations to have our passports checked and authorized. I noticed that if you gave them a little tip, you immediately exited the line, had a stamp in your passport, and were ready for the next step! To pass the time, we hiked up one of the hills and ran into some kids who wanted to "polish" our running shoes:) They opted for a game of futbolito in...

We took a 15hr bus ride from Guatelama city to the Nicaragua capital of Managua on one of the nices buses I've ever been on. Really, Greyhound should come down and check these buses out. We had 2 "inflight" movies and the seats reclined a ton. Way more comfortable than an airplane. The bus dropped us off in the heart of the bustling capital of Managua and I learned another lesson when traveling. Never get into a cab when you have no idea where you're going. The cab driver proceeded to give us...

For Once, People Are RightOne of the things that I have concluded about this travelling lark is you have to make your own mind up about places.  However, everything I ever heard about Managua is right.  It is one scary place.  There is an underlying threat that I have not felt anywhere else in Central America.  I was staying in one of the nicer barrios and, given it was the day time, I thought I'd chance a trip down to the shore.  Now, Managua has somewhere around 3 m...

Don´t go to Managua it is horrible. We only went there because we (stupidly) ran out of money and there was no ATM or travellers cheques changing place in San Carlos. And we had run out of dollars. Stupid tourists. So what did we have to do? We had to get the 10 hour bus to Managua from San Carlos, 8 hours of which were on unpaved and very bumpy roads. The bus was an old US school bus, like the one Forest Gump goes to school on. The journey should have been 10 hours but we got a ...