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Our starting point for our trip to Nicaragua's Caribbean Coast was the town of Juigalpa. This picture is taken on its bus station [Juigalpa / Nicaragua]
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Waiting for the public boat to Bluefields to leave in the little town of El Rama [El Rama / Caribbean coast / Nicaragua]
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Main street [Bluefields / Caribbean coast / Nicaragua]
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Bluefields in one of the major towns on the Caribbean coast of Nicaragua. The town can only be reached by boat or airplane [Bluefields / Caribbean coast / Nicaragua]
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Waiting room of the passenger panga (boat) terminal [Bluefields / Caribbean coast / Nicaragua]
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Seaworthy vessel? [Bluefields / Caribbean coast / Nicaragua]
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Russia sponsored Kamaz firetrucks [Bluefields / Caribbean coast / Nicaragua]
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Vegetable store [Bluefields / Caribbean coast / Nicaragua]
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Administrative building in Bluefields. Bluefields has a strong regional function in this 'Caribbean' area of the country [Bluefields / Caribbean coast / Nicaragua]
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Mural on the main plaza [Bluefields / Caribbean coast / Nicaragua]
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Once, Bluefields was a very picturesque town with many wooden Victorian houses. But the 1988 hurricane Joan destroyed the whole city . Nowadays you will see many concrete block buildings and shacks like this one [Bluefields / Caribbean coast / Nicaragua]
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Busy harbour [Bluefields / Caribbean coast / Nicaragua]
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Bluefields is mainly a fishing town. Especially lobster is the catch of the area [Bluefields / Caribbean coast / Nicaragua]
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Ramshackle house [Bluefields / Caribbean coast / Nicaragua]
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Local Creol art [Bluefields / Caribbean coast / Nicaragua]
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Low-key restaurant [Pearl Lagoon / Caribbean coast / Nicaragua]
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Creol dish, Rice & beans with fish balls and a salad [Pearl Lagoon / Caribbean coast / Nicaragua]
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Mural [Bluefields / Caribbean coast / Nicaragua]
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Girl finds her way through the water on the main track between Peral Laggon and Raitipura [Caribbean coast / Nicaragua]
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Colourful 'caribbean' houses [Pearl lagoon / Caribbean coast / Nicaragua]
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Kids on their way to school [Pearl lagoon / Caribbean coast / Nicaragua]
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Village life [Pearl Lagoon / Caribbean coast / Nicaragua]
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Creol girls [Pearl Lagoon / Caribbean coast / Nicaragua]
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The Caribbean is very visible in Pearl Lagoon [Caribbean coast / Nicaragua]
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Typical Caribbean picture [Pearl Lagoon / Caribbean coast / Nicaragua]
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Pearl Lagoon village is named after the lagoon on whose shores it is located [Caribbean coast / Nicaragua]
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Time for a refresco in a small shop/bar/restaurant [Pearl Lagoon / Caribbean coast / Nicaragua]
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Local woman [Pearl Lagoon / Caribbean coast / Nicaragua]
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The 'savannah' is the swamp area between Pearl Lagoon and Raitipura. It is a good place to see the woodstork [Pearl Lagoon / Caribbean coast / Nicaragua]
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House [Raitipura / Caribbean coast / Nicaragua]