Every adventurous traveller dreams of the perfect destination combining sun-soaked beaches, bustling towns, unspoiled countryside, great sights, friendly people and good food… but very few tourists. Such places, though, tend to be dangerous, politically unacceptable, or just very hard to get to.
Nicaragua, in Central America, is in the latter category, which means that most of the tourists who travel here are backpackers, day- or short-stay trippers from neighbouring Costa Rica. Costa Rica has
