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City in Mosquito Coast, Nicaragua
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Bluefields is a city on the Caribbean coast of Nicaragua.
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village on an island 9 km from Bluefields. Walk through the village and you end up on a very long sand beach facing the Caribbean Sea. Pangas leave from the docks as soon as there are 12 people. Last return at 5:30PM.
beach up north, pangas leave in the morning
Old Bank
Best fish. Not too safe coming home after dark.
Loud music.
Very dodgy from the beds to the showers. Funky smell in the room. One night there is probably the maximum one can stand.
Great rooms with cable TV and your own bathroom. Various breakfast in the restaurant downstairs.
air-conditioned and with reasonable showers, very clean and serves meals. Good beds. Accept credit cards.
Pool, restaurant, views of the Gulf.
By bus
From Managua direct to Bluefields about 7 hours on a road completed in 2019. Taxi from the bus station (3km west of the town) into Bluefields centre.
By boat
There is a boat leaving San Juan Del Norte every Wednesday at 8AM to Bluefields. Do check at the pier as the schedule is liable to change on a moment's notice.
C$14 (córdobas) per person (in 2020) anywhere you go, sharing a cab. However coming from the airport or bus station with a lot of luggage they will charge you C$20.
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