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A Arena Blanca 135 bird-watching 32, 35, 282, Catarina 76-7 accommodations 290-1, see Bahía Majagual 135 284 Catedrale d Granada 92, 8 also individual locations Big Fowl House Beach 237 black market 294-5 cathedrals, see churches & activities, see individual El Centro Turístico El Blowing Rock 232 cathedrals activities Velero 158 Bluefields 222-6, 223 Caves, the 232 addresses 290 El Tránsito 158 Boaco 216-18 Cebollal 178 adventure sports 21 Goat Beach 237 boat travel 299, see also cell phones 16, 296 Agua Termales Porvenir. Jimmy Lever Beach 237 kayaking & canoeing Cerrol E Toro 217 186 La Boquita 82 Bocae d Sábalos 252 Cerroa L Cruz 189-90 Aguas Frescas 256 Las Peñitas 156-7 Bonanza 217 Cerro Mogotón 183 air travel Longy Ba 232-4 books 260 Cerro Montoso 158 airlines 298 Otto Beach 237 border crossings 110, 167, Cerro Saslaya 217 to/from 298 Playa Aserradores 166 247, 298-9 Chagüitillo 202-3 within Nicaragua 299 Playa Dorada 126 border disputes 252, 261 Chichigalpa 164-5 Alamikangban 210 Playal E Coco 136 budget7 1 children, travel with 95, 291 bull sharks 113 118, 120-1 Playa Escondida 126 Chinandega 160-3, 161 bus travel animals, see bird-watching, Playa Gigante 125-6 churches & cathedrals bull sharks, turtles, to/from Nicaragua 299 Playa Hermosa 136 Antigua Catedral 44 wildlife within Nicaragua 300 Playa Huehuete 82 Basílicaea d l Asunción Anniversary Party 196 Playa Jiquilillo 166-7 143-4 Annual Taxi Grand Prix 49 Playa Maderas 135 Basílicae d Nuestra Antigüo Hospital 100 C Playa Marsella 134 Cabo Gracias a Dios 216 Señoraea d l Inmacu- archaelogical sites 47, 87, lada Concepción de la Playa Nacascolo 134 Cabo Viejo 216 120, 221 Virgen María 163, 279 Playa Ocotal 135 Caldera Monte Galán 158 architecture 276-80 Capilla San Juan de area 7 codes 1 Playa 126 Camp Salto Labú 217 Dios 139 Playa Remanso 136 art galleries, see museums canoeing 21, 124 Catedrale d Granada 92, 8 Playa Rosada 126 & galleries canopy tours 14, 103, 122, Catedral Metropolitana arts 260, 276-80, see Playa San Jorge 111 129, 188, 14 47-8 also dance, murals Playa Santo Domingo Canta Gallo (Piedras Basál- Catedral San Juan 189 121-5 ATMs 294 ticas) 257 Convent San Francisco Autonomy Day 224 Playa Tamarindo 136 car travel 299, 301-2 139 Awas 226 Poneloya 155-6 Carazo0 8 Convento y Museo San Puerto Sandino 157-8 Cardenal, Ernesto 248 Francisco6 8 Southwest Bay 234 Caribbean coast 38, 204-40, Ermitae d San Pedro 146 B bicycling 97, 129, 300 206-7 Iglesia Catedral San Pedro Baillee d los Diablitos 69 Bilwas Karma 216 beaches 204 195, 279 Balgüe 123 Bilwi (Puerto Cabezas) climate 204 Iglesiaea d L Merced Bankukuk 227 205-11, 209 food 204 (Granada) 86, 93 baseball 22, 274 accommodations 209-10 highlights 206-7 Iglesiaea d L Merced Batallon Ecológico 287 activities 209 travel seasons 204 (León) 144-5 bathrooms 296 drinking 211-14 Carnaval Mitos y Leyendas Iglesiaea d l . beaches0 2 Recolección 144 festivals & events 209 149 Carnival Acuático 244 Iglesiae d San Francisco food 210-11 139 Casae d los Leones 92 sights 208-9 Iglesiae d Xalteva 93 Map Pages Casares2 8 000 tourist information 211 Iglesia Dulce Nombre de Photo Pages 000 travel to/from 211 Cascada San Ramón 124 Jesúsl e Calvario 145 313 Iglesia El Calvario 161 Finca Campestre. E festivals 22-3, see also Iglesia Guadalupe 160 Cárdenas 160 earthquakes 282 individual festivals Iglesia Nuestra Señora Finca Kilimanjaro 188 economy 261, 272 Fiesta Gastronomica del Mar 165 de Lourdes 187 Finca Santa Rita 186 El Astillero 127 Fiestas de Agosto 94 Iglesia Parroquial de Jinotega 194 El Bluff 223 San Juan Bautista de Fiestas de la Cruz 190 La Bastilla Ecolodge 193 El Castillo 254

Subtiava 146 Fiestas Patronales 190, 196 IN Matagalpa 194 El Chile 218 Iglesia Parroquial de San San Rafael del Norte 194 film 260 D Pedro 108 El Corinto 165-6 E

San Ramón 200-1 Finca Campestre . X Iglesia San Antonio 160 El Encanto 257 Selva Negra 201 Cárdenas 160  C-H Iglesia San Francisco 108 El Jícaro 185 Colegio de San Ramón 150 Finca Cerro de Jesús 186  Iglesia San José 195 El Limón 186 Condega 180-1 Finca Kilimanjaro 188 Iglesia San Rafael 214 El Monolito de Cuapa 220 consulates 292 Finca San Ramón (Jalapa) Iglesia Santiago 181 137 186 Corn Islands 231-40 Iglesia Veracruz 147 El Quino 120 Finca Santa Rita 186 Corn River 227 Iglesia Zaragoza 139 El Rama 221 fincas, see coffee farms Cosigüina peninsula 165-8 Moravian Church . El Refugio 248 fishing 32, 113, 129 (Bluefields) 222, 279 Costa Rica, travel to/ El Revenido 217 from 299 Fonseca Amador, Carlos Moravian Church (Pearl El Salvador, travel to/ 265 Coyolito 178 Lagoon) 226 from 299 food 228, 292 Crab Soup Festival 23, 231 Nuestra Señor de El Sauce 160 glossary 309 crafts 36, 67, 73, 248 Rescate 111 El Señor de Esquipula 160 Frente Sandinista de Nuestra Señora de Crawl Key 231 El Tamarindón 148 Liberación Nacional Guadalupe 139 credit cards 295 El Toro Venado 69 (FSLN) 260, 265, Nuestra Señora de . Cuapa 220 El Viejo 163-4 269-70 Solentiname 248, 279 Cueva Santo Domingo 218 electricity 292 Parroquia de Nuestra culture 271-5 embassies 292 G Señora del Perpetuo Culture House 234 Socorro 216 emergencies 17 galleries, see museums & currency 16 Parroquia Santa Ana 160 endangered species 284 galleries cycling 97, 129, 300 Puente Guadalupe 139 environmental issues 281-8 Garifuna people 230 Ruinas Iglesia Santiago Esquipulas 118-19, 218 gay travelers 293 146-7 D Estelí 172-203, 174-5 Granada 9, 37, 83-104, 84, Ruinas San Sebastian dance 225, 279 accommodations 173-5 88-9, 90 139 Dance of King Pulanka. courses 172-3 accommodations 83, 94-7 Ruinas Veracruz 139 209 drinking & nightlife 176 activities 90-1 Santuario Cerro Tepeyac D’Andrea, Father Odorico festivals & events 173 climate 83 188 188, 190 food 175-6 courses 91-2 Seventh-Day Adventist Darío, Rubén 145, 203, shopping 176-8 drinking & nightlife 99 Church 209 276-8 sights & activities 172 food 83, 97-9 Templo de El Sauce 279 Day of the Revolution 49 tourist information 177 entertainment 99-100 Templo Parroquial de deforestation 286 tours 173 festivals & events 94 San Rafael Arcángel Día de la Autonomía 209 travel to/from 177 highlights 84 188, 279 Día de la Purísima . internet access & cigars 20 Concepción 149 Estelí–Jinotega Road 187 resources 101 Doña Elba Cigars 100 Día de la Virgen de la etiquette 19 itineraries 85 tours in Estelí 173 Asunción 69 events 22-3 shopping 100 Ciudad Antigua 185 Día de la Virgen de Merced exchange rates 17 sights 86-90 Ciudad Darío 203 149 tourist information 100-1 climate 16, 291 Dipilto 184-5 F tours 92, 94 climate change 287 Diriá 78 fair trade 198, 273 travel seasons 83 cockfighting 273 Diriamba 80-1 Feria del Maíz 23, 186 travel to/within 101-2 Coco gold mines 216 Diriomo 78 Feria del Patio 180 walking tour 92-3, 93 coffee 11, 20, 198 disabilities, travelers Festival de la Cruz 190 with 296 Great Corn Island 232-6, coffee farms Festival de La Virgen de la diving 32, 75, 128, 231-2, 233 Área Protegida Miraflor Asunción 183 234, 237 Greytown 257 177-8 Festival of Polkas, . Domingo de Trinidad. Estelí & Nueva Segovia 194 Mazurcas and 77 Finca Cerro de Jesús 186 Jamaquellos 197 driving, see car travel H Finca San Ramón Festival of Santo Domingo Hacienda San Jacinto 202 DVDs 295 (Jalapa) 186 de Guzmán 23, 49 Haulover 213 314 health 293-4 Isla El Padre 250 La Piedra de San Ramón M Hervideros de San Jacinto Isla Mancarrón 247-9 160 Makenge 257 159 La Pita 179 Isla Mancarroncito 250 Managua 36, 40-64, 41, hiking 32-3 Isla Momotombito 158-9 La Virgen de la Asunción 44-5, 46, 61 69 history 262-70 Isla San Fernando . accommodations 40, colonial period 262-3 (Elvis Chavarría) 249 Lago de Apanás 193 50-2

IN Contra war 266-8 Isla Sevilla 250 Laguna de Asososca 159 activities 43-9

D indigenous Nicaragua Isla Venada (Isla Donald Laguna de San Juanillo . climate 40 E 257 X X 262 Guevara) 250 courses 49

H-M Laguna La Barca 257  influential Nicas 267 Islas Solentiname 12, . dangers & annoyances Nicaraguan Revolution 241-3, 247-51, 242-3 Laguna Manatee 257 42-3 accommodations 241 Laguna Silica 257 drinking & nightlife 54 266-7  Ortega, Daniel 268-70 climate 241 language 16, 19, 303-9 festivals & events 49 Sandinista National . highlights 242-3 accommodations 303-4 food 40, 52-4 Liberation Front travel seasons 241 directions 304 highlights 41 (FSLN) 260, 265, . wildlife 241 food & drink 304-5, 309 266-7, 269-70 history 42 Islas Zapote 250 time, dates & numbers itineraries 42 Somoza era 264-5 306 itineraries 24-29 parks 47 Unión Nacional. transportation 307 Opositora (UNO) shopping 56-61 Las Isletas 88-90 268-9 sights 43-9 J Las Minas 217 US arrival 263 Jalapa 186-7 tourist information 56-7 Las Tres Cascadas 178 hitchhiking 302 Jesús del Rescate 69 travel seasons 40 Lavada de la Plata 164 holidays 295 travel to/from 58-60 Jinotega 188-91, 189 legal matters 294 Honduras, travel to/from Jinotepe 81-2 travel within 60 299 León 10, 37, 138-68, . Jueves de Verbena 69 maps 294 hot springs 142-4, 10 Juigalpa 218-20 María Auxiliadora 77 Agua Termales. accommodations 138, Juigalpa’s fiestas . 149-52 Maribios volcanic chain Porvenir 186 281-2 patronales 219 churches 139 Aguas Claras 216 Maroon Key 231 climate 138 Aguas Termales La Masachapa 61-2 courses 148 Calera 103 K Masacre del 23 Julio 1959 Aguas Termales San Kakabila 229 drinking & nightlife 149 153-4 Jacinto 159 Karatá 213 78-9 Centro Ecoturistico kayaking & canoeing entertainment 154 65-76, 66, 70 Potosí 168 21, 124 festivals & events 149 accommodations 65, food 138, 152-3 Kisalia 216 69-71 highlights 140-1 I Krukira 213 climate 65 internet resources 154 iglesias, see churches & Kum 216 drinking 72 León Viejo 147 cathedrals entertainment 72 shopping 154-5 immigration 298 festivals & events 65, 69 L sights & activities 143-8 Inmaculada Concepción 94 La Bujona 193 food 72 tourist information 154-5 insurance 294, 301 La Chorrera 178 highlights 66 tours 148-9 International Poetry La Concordia 187 shopping 72 Festival 22, 94 travel seasons 138 La Dalia 201-2 sights & activities 67-9 internet access 294 travel to/from 155-6 La Esmeralda 193 tourist information 72 internet resources 17 travel within 155 La Esperanza 251 tours 69 Isla Atravesada 250 volunteering 152 La Fe 229 travel seasons 65 Isla de 10, . walking tour 150-1 La Fortaleza 254 travel to/from 74 108-25, 114-15, 10 lesbian travelers 293 La Fundadora 192 travel within 73 activities 112-13 lifestyle 271-2 La Garnacha 180 Matagalpa 194-200, 196-7 car ferries 116 Little Corn Island 9, 237-40, La Granadilla 103 accommodations 197-8 tours 113-16 238-9, 9 La Gritería Chiquita 149 activities 195 travel to/from 115-16 Loma San Antonio . La Loma 221 courses 196 travel within 116 250 La Nanda & Aguas Agrias Los Agüizotes 68 drinking & nightlife 199 Isla de Quiste 120 103 Los Pueblos Blancos . entertainment 199 La Pavona 187 76-82 festivals & events 196-7 La Paz Centro 162 Los Raudales canyon . food 198-9 Map Pages 000 La Perla 178 216 shopping 199 Photo Pages 000 La Piedra Bocona 100 Los Volcancitos 179 sights 195 315 tourist information 200 Museo Arqueológico O Reserva Natural Cerro tours 195 Julio César Salgado Ocotal 183-4 Cumaica-Cerro Alegre 180 218 travel to/from 200 opening hours 295 Museo Auka Tangki 214 Reserva Natural Cerro Mausoleo de los Héroes y Orinoco 229-30 Museo Chorotega 161 Datanlí El Diablo 192 Mártires 146 Ortega, Daniel 260, 268-70 Mayangna Pueblo 216 Museo de Antropología Reserva Natural . outdoor activities 21, 32-5 Chocoyero El Brujo 64 Maypole 22 108 IN Reserva Natural Delta measures 295 Museo de Arte . D Fundación . del Estero Real 164 E media 274 P X Ortiz-Guardián 145 painting 278-9 Reserva Natural Estero Mercado Municipal 209 Padre Ramos 15, 167-8  M-P Museo de Arte Sacre 147 Palo de Mayo 224 Mérida 124-5

 Reserva Natural Isla Museo de Café 195 parks & reserves 283 mining 287 Juan Venado 157 Museo de Historia y Área Protegida Cerro Mirador de Tisey Trail 179 Reserva Natural Kahka Arqueología 172 Tisey-Estanzuela Creek 229 Mirador La Meseta 178 Museo de Leyendas y 179-80 Reserva Natural Laguna Miskito Keys 213 Tradiciones 145 Área Protegida Miraflor De Apoyo 75-6 Miskito language 307 Museo de Ometepe 120 177-9 Reserva Natural Macizos mobile phones 16, 296 Museo del Folklore 67 El Jaguar 188 de Peñas Blancas 201 money 16-17, 19, 294 Museo Entomológico 145 Monumento Nacional Reserva Natural Pila El Monimbó 68 Cañon de Somoto 182 Museo Historico Cultural Hoyo 159 Monkey Point 227 de la Costa Caribe 222 Nicaragua Butterfly Reserva Natural San Reserve 87 Montelimar 62-3 Museo Insurreccional Cristóbal La Casita Montibelli Reserva Privada Luís Manuel Toruño Palo Solo Park 219 159 148 64 Parque Central 219 Reserva Natural . Mosquitia 212 Museo Nacional 44 Parque de la Paz 46-7 Telica-Rota 159 motorcycle travel 299 Museo Numinástico 119 Parque El Carmén 47 Reserva Natural Tepeso- 116-18 Museo Precolombino de Parque Historico moto-Pataste 182 Chagüitillo 202 Mozonte 185 Nacional Loma de Reserva Natural Volcán Museo Sandino 188 Mt Pleasant 234 Tiscapa 43 Cosigüina 168 Museo y Galería de Muelle Viejo 209 Parque Japonés 47 Reserva Natural Volcán Héroes y Martires 67 Mombacho 102 murals 145-6, 148, 172, Parque Las Palmas 47 Museo-Archivo Rubén 188, 278 Parque Las . Reserva Natural Volcán Darío 145 Momotombo 158-9 Murra 186 Piedrecitas 47 Palacio de la Cultura y Reserva Privada El museums & galleries Parque Nacional Archip- Biblioteca Nacional 44 iélago Zapatera 104 Quebracho 252-3 Casa Museo . Taller de Cerámica Reserva Privada Hato Comandante Carlos Parque Nacional Volcán Ducualí Grande 181 Nuevo 168 Fonseca 195 Masaya 73-4 Union de Pintores y Arte- Reserva Silvestre . Casa Museo Judith Parque Reyes 222 sanos de Solentiname Greenfields 223-4 Kain 208 Refugio de Vida Silvestre ‘Elvis Chavarría’ 249 Reserva Silvestre Privada Casa Natal Rubén Darío La Flor 12, 127, 137 music 276-7 Domitila 103 203 Refugio de Vida Silvestre Sistema de Humedales Códice Espacio . Los Guatuzos 251 de San Miguelito 246 Cultural 48 N Reserva Biológica Indio- Parque Arqueológico Epikentro Gallery 43 Nagarote 162 Maíz 256 Piedras Pintadas 221 Galería de Arte Carlos Nandasmo 78 Reserva Charco Verde 119 passports 298 Vargas 119 nature reserves, see parks Pearl Keys 11, 230-1 Galería de Héroes y & reserves Reserva de Biosfera Bosawás 214 Mártires 145-6, 172 Nautilus House Reef 232 Pearl Lagoon 226-9 Reserva Ecólogica La Galeria Praxis 43 newspapers 295 Peñas Blancas 201-2 Maquina 82 Mi Museo 87 Nicaragua Libre 103 Peninsula de Asese 97 Reserva Ecológica petroglyphs 262-3 Museo Adiáct 148 Nindirí 74-5 Zacatan 125 Camp Salto Labú 217 Museo Archipiélago 78 Reserva Esperanza Chagüitillo 202 Solentiname 249 Noche de Agüizotes Verde 251 Cueva Santo Domingo Museo Arqueológico . 22-3, 69 Reserva Genetica . 218 (Isla de Ometepe) . Northern Highlands 37, Apacunaca 166 119 Isla De Ometepe 112 169-203, 170-1 Reserva Hídrica Munici- Museo Arqueológico . accommodations 169 pal La Chorrera 218 Nindirí 74 (Isla Mancarrón) . climate 169 Pared de Serpientes . 248 Reserva Natural Cerro food 169 Apante 195 64 Museo Arqueológico history 172 Reserva Natural Cerro Parque Arqueológico Gregorio Aguilar Piedras Pintadas 221 Barea 219 travel seasons 169 Cola Blanca 217 316 petroglyphs continued Reserva Natural Chocoyero San Jorge 111-12 surfing 12, 33-4 Parque Nacional . El Brujo 64 San José de Remates 218 Las Peñitas 156 Archipiélago . Reserva Natural Estero San José del Sur 119 Masachapa & Pochomil Zapatera 104 Padre Ramos 15, 167-8 San Juan Bautista 77 61 Piedra de Sapo 218 reserves, see parks & San Juan De Limay 181 Montelimar 63 reserves 128 San Juan de Nicaragua Playa Aserradores 166

IN Santuario de los . rickshaws & tuk tuks 302 (San Juan del Norte) Playa Gigante 125-6

D Venados 203 Río Bartola 256 257 Playa Hermosa 136 E Santuario Salto El Mico Río Coco 213-16 X X 77-8 Poneloya 155 203 P- Río Grande 160 San Juan del Sur 12,. San Juan del Sur 128  Piedra de Sapo 218 V Río Indio 257 127-34, 130-2 swimming 34-5  Piedras Basálticas 257 Río Medio Queso 251 activities 128-9 pirates 86 Río Pispis 217 courses 129 planning 18-19 Río Pizote 251 drinking 133 T Tarpon Channel 232 budgeting 17 Río Sábalos (Tarpon River) entertainment 133 taxis 302 calendar of events 22 252 festivals & events 129 telephone services 16, 296 first time visitors 18-19 Río San Juan 11, 241-4, food 133 Templo de El Sauce 160 internet resources 17 251-8, 242-3 shopping 133 Termales de Aranjuez 186 itineraries 24-9 accommodations 241 sights 128 Territorio Rama-Kriol 227 Nicaragua basics 16-17 climate 241 tourist information 133-4 theater 279 Nicaragua’s regions 36-8 highlights 242-3 tours 129 Ticuantepe 63-4 travel seasons 16 travel seasons 241 travel to/from 134 Tiktik Kaanu 227 plants 284-5 wildlife 241 travel within 134 tipping 19, 295 playas, see beaches Río Wani 217 San Lázaro 69 toilets 296 Plaza de la . Río Waspuk 217 San Marcos 79-80 Independencia 92 Tola 125 Río Wawashang 229 San Miguelito 246-7 Plaza de la Revolución. tourist information 296 Rivas 108-11, 109 San Pedro 77 44 travel to/from Nicaragua accommodations 108-9 San Rafael del Norte Pochomil 61-2 298-9 entertainment 111 187-202 poetry 276 departure tax 300 food 109-10 San Ramón 124-5, 200-1 politics 260 travel within Nicaragua sights 108 San Sebastián de Yali 187 population 261, 273 299-302 tourist information 111 San Silvestre Papa 77 postal services 295 traveler’s checks 294 travel to/from 111 Sandinista National. trekking, see hiking Potosí 167 travel within 111 Liberation Front (FSLN) tuk tuks 302 Pozo el Salto 219 Rosita 217 260, 265, 269-70 Prinzapolka 210 Sandino, Gregorio 192 turtles 12, 23, 127, 129, 137, 157, 167, 230, 284-5 Procession of the Virgin of Santa Ana 77 Carmen 129 S Santa Catalina de. safe travel 295-6 public holidays 295 Alejandría 77 U Puente Las Cañas 201 hitchhiking 302 Santa Cruz 122-3 Ulwas 216 Puerto Cabezas, see Bilwi taxis & cabs 63 Santa Lucia 218 Puerto Díaz 220 driving 301-2 Santuario de los Milagros Puerto Morazán 164 Salto El Rosario 186 185 V vacations 295 Punta Jesús María 118 Salto Estanzuela 179 Selva Negra 201 Villa Sandino 220 pyramids (Villa Sandino) Salto Santa Emilia 201 Semana Santa 22, 149 Vincent Key 231 221 Salto Yaho 216 Sendero El Trogón 249 Virgen de la Candelaria 77 San Carlos 244-58, 242-3, Siuna 217 Virgen de Rosario 173 245 smoking 295 Q Virgen del Carmen 173 accommodations 241, snorkeling 32, 231-2 Quinn Hill 234 Virgin of Cuapa 220 244 society 260-1 Virgin of Guadalupe 180 climate 241 Somotillo 166 visas 16, 296-7 R highlights 242-3 Somoto 181-3 Raiti Pura 226 Volcán Masaya 13, 73-4, travel seasons 241 Sontule 178 13 Rama Cay 227 wildlife 241 Sowpuka 216 volcano boarding 15, 15 Rama people 258 San Dionisio 218 sports 273, see also volcanoes 20, 281-2 religion 261, 275 San Fernando 185 individual sports Cerro Agüero 159 San Isidro Laborador 190 St John the Baptist 129 Cerro Negro 159 St Lazarus 68 climbs 32-3 Map Pages 000 San Jacinto 159-60 street art, see murals El Chonco 159 Photo Pages 000 San Jerónimo 69 El Hoyo 159 317 Loma Los Portillos 159 Volcán San Cristóbal 159 Waspám 213-16 Y Moyotepe 159 Volcán Santa Clara 159 water (drinking) 236 Yellowtail 232 Volcán Cerro Negro 15 Volcán Telica 159 weights 295 Volcán Concepción volunteering 94, 128, White Holes 232 118, 119 152, 297 Wild Cane Key 230-1 Z ziplining 14, 103, 122, 129, Volcán Cosigüina 168 wildlife 14, 20-1, 32, 35, 188, 14 Volcán Maderas 123 281-8, see also IN W Zapotillo 250-1 Volcán Masaya 13, bird-watching, bull D Walker, William 264 sharks, turtles E

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Volcán Mombacho 102-3 women 275  V

walking tours - Volcán Momotombo 158 women travelers .  Z Granada 92-3, 93 297 Volcán Pilas 159 León 150-1, 151 work 297 Volcán Rota 159 310

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