Crater rim and coconut beach.

Reggae, rum and white sand: Nicaragua's Atlantic coast has a real Caribbean feel to offer. Before Corn Iceland revels in many of the sea of blue and green tones, on the beach to weigh coconut palms. The former civil war country is once again visited by tourists.
  Managua - tourists stroll through the Parque Central to the colonial city of Granada. You drive the car directly to the crater of the Masaya volcano, swim and surf in the Pacific: Nearly 20 years after the civil war, tourism is again life in Nicaragua. Many tourists like to come back and want new experiences - even the "Caribbean feeling" of the country in its peaceful Atlantic coast.

The aircraft were green swabs to see - before landing in Bluefields turn themselves as the jungle areas. The yellow-green area is used for pasture land, the black and white and brown points that are proving to be cattle and the dark blue band on the horizon as the Caribbean Sea. Bluefields, Dutch pirates in front of around 400 years ago, counts nearly 50,000 inhabitants.
Otherwise, it is in the sparsely populated region of Atlántico Sur lonely. Here live a few thousand of the Miskito indigenous people, some of which even the wild boar with a spear you. An hour flight from here is up to 380 kilometers away Managua. Most people, however, ten to twelve hours, first by boat, then by bus.
Reggae mood Corn Iceland
The landing of the propeller machine in the small town by the sea takes ten minutes. Marina Rodriguez goes to their plane around. The only pilot in the country is pleased to "have more tourists and a better image of Nicaragua in the World." Almost all the 35 passengers in the full machine are foreigners and want to continue. They are "ripe for the island" - and is only 20 minutes flight away.
Corn Iceland islanders with 6000 and the sister island of Little Corn Iceland, with its nearly 1,000 inhabitants offer Caribbean atmosphere with lots of reggae, salsa and merengue. In addition, rum, grilled fish, rice and beans and powder sand, coconut palms and sea in many blue and green tones. The islanders speak Spanish, English and creole dialect.
In Iceland Corn drives a bus around the island. There are mopeds and taxis Córdoba for 15 per line - less than one euro. The prices are moderate. They range from 8 to 65 euros for the night - the family connection is often included.
On Little Corn Iceland no noise disturbs or exhaust. A few children cycling on the narrow road of cement on the beach, an elderly man pushing a cart. Everyone greets everyone here, an islander repaired his fishing boat. "Four churches, a school and twelve small restaurant there, says Arnold Archibald, under one of the almond tree on a stool at the" Sweet Oasis bar sits.
An ideal world for tourists, however, Nicaragua is not: The Foreign Office advises due to increased crime and the risk of politically motivated clashes with caution in the country, including Corn and Little Corn Iceland Iceland. Tourists should be careful: in sparsely populated regions of the army and police were "not always able to guarantee the safety", says the security alert.
Grummelnde Volcanoes
On the mainland, it attracts many travelers always return to Granada. At the Parque Central doze rider and horse to nap in the shade. Business is better today than a decade ago. The 1524 by the Spaniards founded the city lies directly on Nicaragua. Trips lure of the nearby islets and the big island of Ometepe. About 40 active and dormant volcanoes, the country has - two on Ometepe greet the guests from afar: The more than 1600 meters high Concepción "grumbled in the past several decades. The Maderas attaches nearly 1400 meters and is quieter.
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Several farmers in Nicaragua are also on ecotourism. "This works only if it continued peace in the country," said coffee farmer and horse breeder Alvaro Reyes Portocarrero. Not without pride, the Senor his hacienda in the highlands north of Matagalpa. This is so organic that two women almost constantly with the earthworm humus for the breeding of the coffee plants are employed.
Worries some travelers, however, the violence between the rival political camps in the country. After the municipal elections in November 2008 led to riots in Managua and Leon. These have now calmed down, but may flare up again at any time, "the Foreign Office warns tourists to be careful.