I liked Nicaragua so much I started a travel blog
Oct 22, 2016, 12:08 pm
#18
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There is absolutely no point in discussing taste but as an ex cigar smoker (I was only smoking cigars, i.e. no cigarettes, till I quit entirely 17 years ago) I would prefer most Central American cigars to Cuban ones. The price of the latter was also the reason I'd never buy them, only smoke them occasionally if I was being offered one. 
Oct 22, 2016, 12:34 pm
#19
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There is absolutely no point in discussing taste but as an ex cigar smoker (I was only smoking cigars, i.e. no cigarettes, till I quit entirely 17 years ago) I would prefer most Central American cigars to Cuban ones. The price of the latter was also the reason I'd never buy them, only smoke them occasionally if I was being offered one.
Dec 23, 2016, 9:36 pm
#21
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I was recently looking into flights to LIR (I have family property in Costa Rica) and then crossing the border into Nicaragua. Isla de Ometepe and San Juan del Sur both look very intriguing to me, as well as possibly continuing up to Grenada. Any advice about the former two locations, I didn't see anything in the post. I am very interested in seeing what Nicaragua is like, since I imagine it is what Costa Rica was like 20 years ago.
Dec 25, 2016, 5:56 pm
#22
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I was recently looking into flights to LIR (I have family property in Costa Rica) and then crossing the border into Nicaragua. Isla de Ometepe and San Juan del Sur both look very intriguing to me, as well as possibly continuing up to Grenada. Any advice about the former two locations, I didn't see anything in the post. I am very interested in seeing what Nicaragua is like, since I imagine it is what Costa Rica was like 20 years ago.