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Get advice on your planned itinerary

Birds, Bugs, Bees, Beasts, and more

What to bring and what to leave behind; How to prepare your body, spirit, and mind, including health and legal concerns.

Discussions about airlines, airfare, overland issues, via Costa Rica, etc.

Hospedajes and hotelitos; Where to stay and why.

Soup’s on! Restaurants, recipes, rice, and beans. Where is YOUR favorite fritanga?

Getting around: buses, rental cars, taxis, domestic flights, and boats, as well as discussions regarding tour groups.

Rebájame! Where to shop, what to buy, and haggling war stories.

Disgruntled of Granada? Sick of San Juan del Sur? Discussions/suggestions about leaving the masses behind and heading for the bush.

Wax up and get in the line up; Nicaragua is the coolest new surf destination for the in-the-know

Hiking, Biking, Volcano Hopping, Diving, Rafting, Kayaking, and more

Share your trip reports here, or link to your Nica-blog.

Meds, sunscreen, crime, violence, mange, fleas, you name it.

How to take it, where to take it, etc.

Children, travel for the less mobile, specialty travel needs

From the miscellaneous to the extraneous. What’s on your mind?

the capital and environs

Masaya, the craft markets, and the Pueblos Blancos

Nicaragua's most visited city

the volcanic island and the heart of Nicaragua

San Juan del Sur, Rivas, the Costa Rican border

Leon, Chinandega, Cosiguina, Padre Ramos, and the Estero Real

the mountains, and coffee country

the North country

Bluefields, the Corn Islands, and the south Atlantic coast

Puerto Cabezas, the mining towns, the Rio Coco, and the Mosquitia

Nicaragua's dramatic, isolated, riverine southeast

Thoughts on making the move, from deciding if Nicaragua is the place for you to filing for your visa.

Questions on combining short-term volunteering stints with your holiday, working fulltime with an NGO or the Peace Corps, and offers of advice and opportunities for would-be volunteers.

Buying, renting, selling, and leasing: Discussions about Real Estate in Nicaragua.

All aspects of construction in Nicaragua, from contractors to building materials and landscaping.

From registering an “S.A.” to declaring bankruptcy. Discussions on what to expect and lessons learnt.

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Study abroad programs, schooling your children, and learning el Español.

There's never a dull moment: comments and discussion about the latest headlines out of Managua.

Discuss everything from the latest Mayorga boxing bout to Ernesto Cardinal's poetry and memoirs