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Mark Moxon's Travel Writing

Nicaragua: Estelí

The cathedral in Estelí
The cathedral in Estelí

It's weird, but sometimes when you're travelling, you end up in places that through no fault of their own, you simply don't like. First impressions count for a lot in this game, and by the time we'd stepped off the bus from León and taken a short taxi ride to our hostel, Peta had decided that the northwestern town of Estelí just wasn't for her. There wasn't anything tangible that she could put her finger on, but she really didn't like it; it scared her and gave her the heebie-jeebies from the instant we hit the main highway that runs along the eastern edge of town.

An Estelí street
An Estelí street
Estelí has a number of murals
Estelí has a number of murals
Round the back of the cathedral
Round the back of the cathedral