While in Nicaragua, I stayed at La Santa María Resort and Residences, which is perched atop a hill in the endearing beach town of San Juan Del Sur. Located just north of the border straddling ...

ENJOY CITY LIFE Off the beaches and out of the rainforest, Nicaragua is home to two spectacular colonial cities – arty, liberal Léon (or so they like to think) and classical, imposing Granada.

A stiff wind shoves the battered little ferry, radio blaring from the open-windowed pilothouse, as it chugs across Lake Nicaragua toward ... On sandy beaches, villagers scrub laundry and kids ...