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Honduras
Nicaragua, January 2020
Costa Rica
Managua
Masaya Volcano
Granada
Nicaragua: Managua
Hilltop Monument to Augusto César Sandino
After whom the Sandinistas were named.
The Hugo Chavez roundabout
Santiago of Managua Cathedral
Heavily damaged in 1972 earthquake
Lake Managua (aka Lake Xolotlán)
View to Momotombo Volcano, from the Intercontinental
Managua: National Museum
Palacio Nacional de la Cultura: National Museum
National Museum: Precolumbian pottery
National Museum: Precolumbian pottery
National Museum: Precolumbian pottery
National Museum
National Museum
National Museum
Nicaragua: Masaya Volcano
I made two visits to the Lava Lake at the Masaya Volcano. By day it's mostly smoke, but at night the bubbling swirling lava is clearly visible.
Masaya by day
Distant, smoky, glimpses of red lava
Smoky glimpses of red lava
Masaya by night
Lava video (3 MB, 4 sec)
Lava video (10 MB, 11 sec)
Lava video (5 MB, 5 sec)
Scotsman at Masaya
Masaya visitor center: List of lava lakes
Nicaragua: Granada
Iglesia La Merced
Iglesia La Merced interior
Volcano view from Iglesia La Merced
City view from Iglesia La Merced
Cathedral View from Iglesia La Merced
Cathedral
Cathedral
Cathedral interior
Town Center, North of cathedral
San Francisco Convent Museum
San Francisco Convent Museum
San Francisco Convent Museum
Lake Nicaragua
Road from the lake back to city.
(Not many tourists today.)
Honduras
Costa Rica