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	<title>Nicaragua Backpacking</title>
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	<description>Nicaraguan budget travel, food, and culture</description>
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		<title>Coyotepe Fortress (Fortaleza)</title>
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		<pubDate>Tue, 31 Jul 2007 00:57:49 +0000</pubDate>
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The Coyotope fortress (fortaleza del Coyotepe), is another great historical attraction around Masaya.
Coyotepe Fortress (Fortaleza) History
The fortress, built in the 19th century, was originally a military defense for the city of Masaya.  Today, it&#8217;s still an impressive piece of colonial-style Nicaraguan military architecture.  There are even small hexagonal towers on the corners of [...]]]></description>
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		<title>Monimbó Indigenous Village</title>
		<link>http://nicaraguabackpacking.com/2007/07/29/monimbo-indigenous-village/</link>
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		<pubDate>Sun, 29 Jul 2007 20:00:09 +0000</pubDate>
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Monimbó is an indigenous community to the south of the city of Masaya.  It&#8217;s known for its artesanía (handicrafts) workshop, which produces ceramics, shoes, models, and other artefacts.  You can even watch the artesans right there as they make their goods.
History of Monimbó
The indigenous people of this area fought valiently against the Spanish [...]]]></description>
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		<title>Masaya Handicrafts (Artesanía) Market - Mercado Viejo</title>
		<link>http://nicaraguabackpacking.com/2007/07/29/masaya-old-market/</link>
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		<pubDate>Sun, 29 Jul 2007 01:48:07 +0000</pubDate>
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In the 1990s, Masaya&#8217;s municipal government remade the old market into a handicrafts market aimed at drawing tourists to the city.  The Mercado Viejo de Masaya, as it is known in Spanish, is in a central plaza framed by impressive old stone walls.  Today, the wares on offer range from truly fine handicrafts, [...]]]></description>
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		<title>Masaya, Nicaragua</title>
		<link>http://nicaraguabackpacking.com/2007/07/29/masaya-nicaragua/</link>
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		<pubDate>Sun, 29 Jul 2007 00:50:07 +0000</pubDate>
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Masaya is one of the biggest cities in Nicaragua.  Around 120,000 people live there.  The city is only about 30 km southeast from Managua.  Masaya is still very much its own city, despite the growth at Managua&#8217;s outskirts that threatens to someday swallow up the smaller city.
Masaya is nestled  between the [...]]]></description>
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		<title>Nicaragua&#8217;s Energy Crisis: Blackouts, Union Fenosa, and Everyone Complaining</title>
		<link>http://nicaraguabackpacking.com/2007/07/22/nicaraguas-energy-crisis-blackouts-union-fenosa-and-everyone-complaining/</link>
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		<pubDate>Sun, 22 Jul 2007 02:35:30 +0000</pubDate>
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If you&#8217;ve been in Nicaragua in the last couple months (and to a lesser extent, earlier in 2007), you&#8217;ve had to deal with daily blackouts lasting anywhere from two to seven or more hours.
A blogger from Canada sums up many foreigners&#8217; attitudes about Nicaragua&#8217;s energy crisis: &#8220;&#8230;these two basic services [water and electricity] that we [...]]]></description>
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		<title>Managua International Airport</title>
		<link>http://nicaraguabackpacking.com/2007/07/19/managua-international-airport/</link>
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		<pubDate>Thu, 19 Jul 2007 16:13:47 +0000</pubDate>
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A plane arriving from the US at Managua&#8217;s Sandino International Airport might as well be filled with rock stars, given the crowd waiting outside.  A true throng of people press against the glass looking into the area where departing passengers pick up bags and check through customs.  Everyone is dressed up; plenty of [...]]]></description>
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