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Nicaragua – Culture Smart!

More and more travelers are discovering the delights of Nicaragua a land of lakes and volcanoes. The image has persisted of a country racked by revolution and war, but the reality awaiting travelers couldn`t be more different. The largest country in Central America, Nicaragua is also one of the most diverse and least explored, with a chain of puffing volcanoes along the Pacific coast, two huge freshwater lakes, important rainforest reserves on the tropical Mosquito Coast, and tiny, picture-postcard Caribbean islands where English Creole is the lingua franca. Travelers` budgets will stretch further here than in other Latin American destinations, and around every corner, there are cobblestone streets, high-altitude coffee plantations, world-class bird-watching, perfect surf, and Flor de Caรฑa, the smoothest rum that ever came out of an oak barrel.Culture Smart! Nicaragua offers readers an insider`s view of the country and its people. It explores Nicaragua`s national traditions, turbulent history, tasty local dishes, fun fiestas, and unique cultural expressions. It arms readers with key phrases in Nica-speak, or Nicaรฑol, so you can break the ice, and provides insights into what the people of Nicaragua are like at home, at play, and in business.