Just how far is Nicaragua?
Submitted by billyjones on Wed, 2004/12/22 - 16:03.
I'm a fairly young student planning on taking a "road trip" to nicaragua, from Utah. But i can't find anywhere that tells me how far to go, or what the best route is to take. Does anyone have any experience with driving there?
tip
The first tip you received is the bestone, i suggest don't drive trough all mexican and central america, the situation in Mexico,Guatemala ,El Salvador ,and honduras is very dangerous, in Mexico is well know for americans the dangerous situatuion there, must for traveling people, and in Guatemala,Honduras , El Salvador the gangs are created a worse situation, in Nicaragua and Costa Rica the situation is better, you can fligth to Nicaragua and do it the same thing like the guy told you to buy a bike, i saw there cheaper bikes even you can find somebody to rent it , from there you can make fast trip to Honduras or other countries, now!!!!if you want drive all the way , my advice is to look for be a part of a group traveling to the same destiny , is a lot of them in California, is the safe way to travel to Nicaragua, and the route is decided inside the group, either way i suggest to check in the State Department web site for lates warning and tips for trevel to all this countries. good luck
No
The reason why Nicaragua has a bad reputation with many Americans is because people think they know the country. Yet all they know of the country is what they heard from the US government during the 80's. Now people constantly percieve Nicaragua as a guerilla war group toting AK's on their shoulder and shooting tourists. We all Know this is not true.
However you deffinitely do not know enough about these other countries to say the statements you did above. You are creating a negative view. I have always had a Safe and good time through my travels in these countries. The little news you hear or read of these countries, is barely all the facts.
Please don't be an ASS Thanks
I agree
I agree with you, it creates a very negative picture of the other countries he truly has no idea about
Josh...
I don't mind to offend anybody with my suggestions , if you read carefully i don't saying lies , you can check it in a lot of news paper and is a fact. About your bad actitude , that no matter to me , in all places we going found educated people and less educated , the only i hope is you're not a NICARAGUAN.
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and what does him not being a Nicaraguan have to do with anything? honestly he has not mad any comments like you have? and he has not made any negative comments about Nicaragua? Nor anyone elses culture, or background, again like you have.
Depends on your budget, and w
Depends on your budget, and what you want to accomplish. Are you sure you want to do this via a private vehicle? This brings with it many added costs (maintenance, insurance, more-demanding border-crossings, gas, often the use of select more expensive hotels, security, etc.), and liabilities. There are many, perhaps countless options open to you. Taking a car or truck from Utah would be one of my last choices. My former business partner recently got a dirt-cheap flight from TX to Roatan ($199), later took the bus to Tegucigalpa, bought a new small Yamaha ($975), and spent the next 7 months all over the place on the bike and in backpacker hotels with secure lockup for the bike, then sold the bike ($725) and came back on a OW Aerohonduras ticket ti FL for $137. This was his plan of choice after previously driving to Costa Rica and Guatemala, on different trips down there from Wyoming. If Nicaragua is what you want, then plane, bus, or moto it; if you want to see all between UT and Nica that is different, but I still would not recommend anyone's first trip be via their own car, especially if there Spanish is not up to snuff. It really depends what you want to see, and for how long, and how much money you have.
Invest in some good maps
The "best" route presupposes knowledge of your goals for the trip and your values and interests. Only you can select the best route. Someone could suggest the fastest route, or comment on interesting places to visit along the way. It seems to me it would be a good idea to get some good maps and study them. Then plan a route that will optimize fulfilling your goals, but allow for getting sidetracked along the way.
A friend of mine took a motorcycle trip last winter. His original goal was to ride from Phoenix, AZ, USA to the end of the road in Panama. Along the way, he took some more time than originally planned to do some things, so he ran out of time and had to turn back after reaching El Salvador. His told me that just meant there was much more to enjoy on the way than he had thought so there was that much more reason to do it again in a couple of years.
My friend used maps from International Travel Maps ( http://www.itmb.com ) and found them accurate and useful.
Drive south 'til you see a sign that says Border
Repeat 4 times and you'll be there. The other suggestion is to search the web! Personally, I prefer the first one.