After settling in at the lush 'n' lovely hillside resort whimsically called Pelican Eyes (aka Piedras y Olas), I strolled down into town, and I've gotta say, as much as I love Nicaragua, I found this ramshackle beach town (pop. 18,000) on the country's south Pacific coast a pretty unlikely candidate for hot up-and-coming Central America destination...

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