Tropicals & Tender Perennials: Nicaraguan Brug, 1 by farizona

farizona wrote:
Gordon, I was in Nicaragua for 2 weeks, for the purpose of visiting my niece and her family.
They are in a remote area so we did not travel around a lot. One day we traveled over the border into Honduras, the crossing process is lengthy, I could not have done it myself since I do not speak Spanish (my nephew is native Nicaraguan and he handled the papers for all of us.)
About brugs I saw only this one close up but believe I saw 2 others, same color, at a distance as we drove on a mountain road,and they were near homes.
Advice? Drink bottled water. We did and had no health problems. My sister-in-law got some kind of bites from walking in the wooded areas --worse than chiggers. Hope you can speak Spanish!
The Volcano Park is worth seeing, you can get close. "Parque Nacional Volcan Masaya" is south of Managua.
A sweater or light jacket was adequate for me. Cool evenings.
Got a passport? It is required, but not a visa.
We were on the western side of the country. It is a "third world country".
Oh yes, their money is the Cordoba. 16 Cordobas = $1.00.
Sorry I can't help more on the tourism aspect.
farizona
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