Hedger Wang Web Developer xiva1978(At)hotmail.com Programm and designed by Hedger Wang H!Photo© visitors guest book A trip to Costa Rica on Feb, 2005.
Costa Rica is Central America's jewel. It's an oasis of calm among its turbulent neighbours and an ecotourism heaven, making it one of the best places to experience the tropics with minimal impact. It's also mostly coastline, which means great surfing, beaches galore and a climate built for laziness. A trip to Granada, a city of Nicaracua on Feb, 2005.
Granada is the oldest colonial city founded in Central America. It was the most important city in the region, not only for being the oldest but four being the best located in that time.
Granada is located beside Big Lake Nicaragua. It was the main center of commerce due to the connection of Big Lake Nicaragua with the Caribbean Sea and just 18 kilometers from the Pacific Ocean. A trip to Nicaracua on Feb, 2005.
It's a town placed on the shores of Cocibolca lake, at the end of San Juan river. This very long river flows in the forest linking Cocibilca lake to the Atlantic Ocean.
If you leave from San Carlos, you can go along the river by boat reaching the sea village of San Juan del Norte after a very beautiful 3 day trip.
1 hour far from San Carlos there is the natural park of Los Guatusos at Costarica borders where it is possible to see many marsh birds, cocodriles, aquatic turtles, various kinds of monkeys and the sloth. A trip to Nicaracua on Feb, 2005.
Leon (city, Nicaragua), city, western Nicaragua, capital of Leon Department. Leon is the transportation and cotton-trading center for the surrounding agricultural region. Manufactures include furniture, shoes, and leather goods. The city is the site of the Autonomous National University of Nicaragua (1812) and an 18th-century cathedral, one of the largest in Central America. Leon was founded in 1524. During the 19th century it was the center of the Liberal Party. Population (1995 estimate) 150,000. A trip to Nicaracua on Feb, 2005.
The large volcano at the centre of Parque Nacional Volcan Masaya, which still steams and belches, is surrounded by smaller volcanoes and thermal springs. Legends say that the pre-Hispanic inhabitants of the area threw young women into the boiling lava to appease Chaciutique, the goddess of fire.
While the Spanish believed it was the entrance to hell, there are some heavenly bodies of water. Laguna de Xiloa, a stunning crater lake northwest of the city is a favorite swimming spot. El Trapiche, to the southeast, has spring water channeled into large outdoor pools surrounded by lush gardens. A trip to Nicaracua on Feb, 2005.
Waslala is a municipality located in the mountainous region of central Nicaragua. It is comprised of a small city of 10,000 inhabitants, and 85 surrounding rural communities residing anywhere from two to forty miles outside the city limits. An estimated forty thousand people live in Waslala, with approximately ten thousand living in the city. Waslala comprises around 850 square miles in central Nicaragua. A trip to Nicaracua on Feb, 2005.
Masaya is the most active volcano in the region. The Spanish first described the volcano in 1524. Since then, Masaya has erupted at least 19 times. From 1965 to 1979 Masaya contained an active lava lake. The most recent eruption was in 1993. Masaya is an unusual basaltic volcano because it has had explosive eruptions.