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Weird. I've used ATMs with no problem at numerous branches of Banpro and the odd one of BAC.

Leon is a nice town, far better than Granada. It's hot, though, if that sort of thing bothers you.

As a foreigner you will always, to some extent or another, be a target in Nicaragua. A target for...

There are money changers everywwhere.

Near La Colonia in Plaza Espana is as good a place as any.

Rates are standard and fair.


Edit: Just seen the posts on the other thread.

Grand Pollo's basically got it covered, but in many years of passing through Managua I've never had a problem (though I know the odd person who has).

Take taxis after dusk.

In the daytime I...

I was there too. It was such an obvious fraud, almost laughable.

I was surprised the Sandinista guy (son of a friend) admitted to any fraud, actually. I don't get very far with him when I ask him...

An elected Sandinista official admitted to me that it was "a mistake" to fix the municipal elections, and then listed nine municipalities where this had happened. He still wouldn't concede Managua,...

1: Fine.

2: As safe as anywhere.

3: It's slightly, but not hopelessly, out of the way from the "other attractions" (whatever they may be).

4: I've never been to Fenix and can't picture where...

D'Lido's not that great, but an on / off girlfriend barged in there drunk at 3am once and demanded to be taken to my room. They didn't bat an eyelid.

The planet with no frito.

The old centro tangled with an earthquake a few years back and came off worse. There is no new centro.

Managua is a big sprawling city that doesn't lend itself to walking. Take taxis. If you are...

Sad.

Or should that be tragic?

I hail taxis on the street in Managua all the time (though seldom at night), and they have always got me where I wanted to go.

This doesn't mean I've not got worried as they took a short cut...

Not to me, I confess.

And Meatloaf, though obviously a deity, is very occasionally very slightly wrong.

If you don't like Amigos, try Badoo. (And no, I'm not the owner.)

Alternatively, be friendly, polite and respectful, and enjoy the great conversations one can have with taxi drivers anywhere in the world.

But make sure to start a Meat Loaf Does Brazil thread. There are legions of masturbating apprentices out there in need of your guidance and wisdom.

Badoo.com is another.

There is no higher power than Meat Loaf. You are not a looser. Start your own church or mosque, and I'm sure you will ensnail many converts.

Hatred shared and seconded.

Case study: A 21 year-old Norwegian "building houses" (yeah, right) for the poor in Matagalpa. Ran into her at the agricultural fair there, and she proudly presented...

If property is his game, I have a hunch I've met him, and he's as likely to cop a bullet as a jail sentence.

or even paedophilia.

A girl from Puerto Cabezas taught me the word chinchuliar. Makes a change from chingar/coger. I've never heard anyone else use it, though.

Dickhead,

Perhaps you might help Meat Loaf ghost-write his memoirs.

And if you're not a gringo, and don't live a conventional expat life, your "overall enjoyment" is likely to be greater still.

I don't know you, Mr Loaf. You may well have a python in your pants....

Priceless.

So, are we to conclude that a Nica threatened you? For posting on ISG or for posting self-glorifying fantasies on ISG?

Careful with those apostrophes, Meat Writer.

(But then wobbly punctuation never held Jane Austen back.)