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Nicaragua's political history is probably as turbulent as the ground on which it lies: it's a land of
dictators, revolutions, earthquakes and volcanoes. But now as one of the safer countries in the region, the
country offers a remarkable and mostly undiscovered landscape in which to travel and learn Spanish. We've all
heard of Lake Titicaca and Lake Atitlan, but who would have thought Lago de Nicaragua, or Mar Dulce as the Spanish
conquistadores used to call it, could be quite so big…home to more than 430 volcanic islands and hundreds of
saltwater fish and sharks, it's here, on the lake's northwest shore, that Granada has developed. Founded in
1524 on the site of a former Indian village, this is the oldest city in continental Latin America and
currently the place to hang out and just soak it all up - the cool lake breezes, the lovely colonial
architecture and the vistas of towering Mombacho volcano, that is. You'll feel like you're away from it
all, but at just one hour south from Managua, the capital, it's hardly too far. Unless, that is, we want
to keep it the secret that it is…
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