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| − | '''Bluefields''' is a city in [[Atlantico Sur]]. | + | '''Bluefields''' is a city on the [[Carribean_Nicaragua|Carribean coast]] of [[Nicaragua]]. |
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| | ==Understand== | | ==Understand== |
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| | ===By bus=== | | ===By bus=== |
| − | From [[Managua]] to [[Rama]] - about 6 hours. From Rama, take a speedboat called a "panga" to Bluefields. The boatride is about 2 hours. | + | From [[Managua]] to [[Rama]] - about 6 hours. From Rama, take a speedboat called a "panga" to Bluefields. The boatride is about 2 hours. |
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| | + | There is now a dirt road from Rama to Bluefields, but there are no bus services. Bus service runs from Rama to Pearl Lagoon through Kukra River. From there you can take a panga to Bluefields |
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| | + | Bus tickets can also be bought online via [http://www.pombai.com Pombai]. |
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| | + | ===By Boat=== |
| | + | There is a boat leaving [[San Juan Del Norte]] every Wednesday at 8 am to Bluefields. It s the same Boat which goes to the [[Big Corn Island]] and [[Little Corn Island]]. There are pangas from Bluefields to and from: Rama, San Juan de Nicaragua (del Norte), Pearl Laggon, Haulover, Kukra River, Tasbapouni, La Cruz de Rio Grande, Karawala, Sandy Bay and El Bluff |
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| | ==Get around== | | ==Get around== |
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| | ==See== | | ==See== |
| | + | * '''The Moravian Church''', one block north of the docks. |
| | + | * '''El Bluff''', village on an island 9 km from Bluefields. Walk through the village and you end up on a very long sand beach facing the Caribean Sea. Pangas leave from the docks as soon as there are 12 people. Last return at 5:30 pm. |
| | + | * '''Laguna de Perlas''', beach up north, pangas leave in the morning for 150,000 cordobas. |
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| | ==Do== | | ==Do== |
| − | *Ask to get in touch with someone from The Bluefields Sound System to put you in touch with some of the cultural happenings, local artists, and good advice about Bluefields.
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| − | *Go to '''Four brothers''' Th-Su.
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| | *Ask Roy at the '''Lobster Pot Hotel''' to take you to his farm. | | *Ask Roy at the '''Lobster Pot Hotel''' to take you to his farm. |
| | *Enjoy a Tona Cervesa at the balcony of the '''Cima club''' while you watch the rain slam the street in July. | | *Enjoy a Tona Cervesa at the balcony of the '''Cima club''' while you watch the rain slam the street in July. |
| − | *Order the camarones cocktail at the '''Bella Vista''' restaurant on the water. | + | |
| | + | *Bluefields has a great local sports culture. Ask if there is anything going on in the '''Stadium''' and you may get a chance to see an electricly charged event of local athletic talent. |
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| | + | * '''Palo de Mayo''', a month long festival culminating during the 3rd week of May that showcases the mix of english and creole cultures. |
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| | ==Learn== | | ==Learn== |
| − | Learn to speak "miskito". Learn how to eat turtle. Learn to walk slow and smile. | + | Learn to speak "Miskito". Learn how to eat turtle. Learn to walk slow and smile. |
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| | ==Work== | | ==Work== |
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| | ==Eat== | | ==Eat== |
| − | *''rondon'' - a coconut stew made with coconut milk and lobster, fish, beef, or chicken. | + | *''Rondon'' - a coconut stew made with coconut milk yuca, platains and lobster, fish, beef, or chicken. |
| | + | *''Vigorón'' - a mid-morning snack made with yuca, chicharones (fried pork skin) or flores (fried pork meat with chicharón) and cabbage salad (cabbage, carrots, tomatoes, vinegar, salt & pepper). |
| | + | *''Frito'' - an evening meal made with [[tajada]] (fried green [[plantain]]), stewed chicken or pork, and cabbage salad. |
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| | + | *Order the Camarones cocktail at the '''Bella Vista''' restaurant on the water. |
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| | ===Budget=== | | ===Budget=== |
| − | *'''Lobster Pot Hotel'''. If you are there for more than a couple of nights tell Roy that you want a room for 100 cordobas a night, he will give it to you (instead of 150).
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| − | *If you are a little too snobby for the Lobster Pot you probably should have just gone straight to Corn Island, :) but you can stay at the "mini hotel" by the Cima Club. the rooms are great with cable TV and your own bathroom.
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| | ===Mid-range=== | | ===Mid-range=== |
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| | ==Drink== | | ==Drink== |
| | + | * <drink name+"La-La Place" alt="address="Barrio Pointeen" directions="" phone="505 88 40 75 31" email="" fax="" url="" hours="12pm until the last person leaves" |
| | + | * <drink name="Four brothers" alt="" address="" directions="" phone="" email="" fax="" url="" hours="Th-Su" price=""></drink> |
| | + | * <drink name="Bacchus" alt="" address="" directions="On the main square" phone="" email="" fax="" url="" hours="" price=""></drink> |
| | + | * <drink name="Restaurante y club Flotante" alt="" address="" directions="3 blocks south of the docks" phone="" email="" fax="" url="" hours="" price=""></drink> |
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| | ==Sleep== | | ==Sleep== |
| − | | + | * <sleep name="Lobster Pot Hotel" alt="" address="" directions="" phone="" email="" fax="" url="" checkin="" checkout="" price="">If you are there for more than a couple of nights tell Roy that you want a room for 100 cordobas a night, he will give it to you (instead of 150).</sleep> |
| − | ===Budget=== | + | * <sleep name="Hotel El Dorado" alt="" address="" directions="Next to Lobster Pot" phone="" email="" fax="" url="" checkin="" checkout="" price="Single without bath : 140 Cordobas / Single with bath 200 Cordobas">Very dodgy from the beds to the showers. Funky smell in the room. One night there is probably the maximum one can stand.</sleep> |
| − | | + | * <sleep name="Mini hotel y Cafetin Central" alt="" address="" directions="By the Cima Club" phone="" email="" fax="" url="" checkin="" checkout="" price="">Great rooms with cable TV and your own bathroom. Various breakfeast in the restaurant downstairs.</sleep> |
| − | ===Mid-range=== | + | * <sleep name="Hotel Campel" alt="" address="" directions="Near Mangito Lane" phone="" email="" fax="" url="" checkin="" checkout="" price="A little more than Lobster Pot">Clean and friendly conditions (own Bathroom and Cable TV), all the taxis know where it is.</sleep> |
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| − | ===Splurge=== | + | |
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| | ==Contact== | | ==Contact== |
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| | ==Stay safe== | | ==Stay safe== |
| − | when traveling at night always take a taxi, especially around "Four Brothers".
| + | When traveling at night always take a taxi, especially around "Four Brothers". After 20 it is recommended you take a taxi. After 22. Always taxi. Do not carry more money than necessary. Do not flash expensive items (such as cameras) around. Use common sense. Don't go into small alleys. |
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| | ==Cope== | | ==Cope== |
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| | ==Get out== | | ==Get out== |
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| | + | [[WikiPedia:Bluefields]] |
Bluefields is the capital of the Southern Autonomous Region on the Atlantic coast of Nicaragua. The people have a combined heritage of being escaped/freed slaves, part of indigenous groups, descendants of Spanish settlers, and/or mix of any of these groups. This creates a very diverse and vibrant community. The language most spoken is a Creole of English. Most people speak Spanish as a 2nd or 3rd language after Creole and/or an indigenous language. All in all there are 6 different ethnicities that can be found through our the region;Black/Creole, Mestizo, Miskito, Rama, Suma, Garifuna.
There is now a dirt road from Rama to Bluefields, but there are no bus services. Bus service runs from Rama to Pearl Lagoon through Kukra River. From there you can take a panga to Bluefields
10 cordobas (about $.50) per person anywhere you go. However coming from the airport with a lot of luggage they will charge you a 20 cordobas.
Learn to speak "Miskito". Learn how to eat turtle. Learn to walk slow and smile.
When traveling at night always take a taxi, especially around "Four Brothers". After 20 it is recommended you take a taxi. After 22. Always taxi. Do not carry more money than necessary. Do not flash expensive items (such as cameras) around. Use common sense. Don't go into small alleys.
