- Statue of Diriangen on Mombacho Volcano located at a park near the spot where Diriangen first met conquistador Gil González Dávila.
- Statue of Augusto Sandino. (Diriá)
- Statue of the official national bird of Nicaragua, the Motmot. (Diriá)
- Statue of Ruben Dario. (Diriá)
- Bust of Carlos Fonseca. (Diriá)
- Unidentified Sandinista soldier (gun control advocates in the U.S. would be horrified to know this statue is about 20 ft away from a playground). (Diriá)
- Large statue of Augusto Sandino at the central park of his hometown, Niquinohomo.
- Photo of Sandino with a rocking chair that belonged to him at the Sandino Museum. (Niquinohomo)
- Mausoleum of Heroes and Martyrs (just north of León’s central cathedral: Basilica Catedral de la Asuncion).
- Statue of Ruben Dario at Ruben Dario Park. (León)
- Statues at the Museum of Myths and Traditions. (León)
- Paintings of Sandino and Fonseca at the Museum of the Revolution located in Samoza’s former headquarters. (León)
- (Museum of the Revolution)
- The person on the far right is Hugo, my guide through the museum, as a young Sandinista soldier in the 70s. The person pointed at was one of his friends who died in combat.
- (Museum of the Revolution)
- View of Basilica Catedral de la Asuncion (Museum of the Revolution).
- (Museum of the Revolution)
- (Museum of the Revolution)
- The CUUN University building where Carlos Fonseca and Tomás Borge founded the Sandinista National Liberation Front. (León )
- Rooftop view of the partial renovation of Basilica Catedral de la Asuncion. (León)
- Gallery of Heroes and Martyrs, a small museum created by families of fallen revolutionaries. (Estelí )
- (Gallery of Heroes and Martyrs)
- (Gallery of Heroes and Martyrs)
- (Gallery of Heroes and Martyrs)
- (Gallery of Heroes and Martyrs)
- Abstract portrait mural of poet-hero Leonel Rugama outside of the Gallery of Heroes and Martyrs. (Estelí)
- Mountain top view of the town of Jinotega.
- La Bastilla Ecolodge near Jinotega.
- This little guy looks like a chipmunk but is actually an indigenous squirrel. (La Bastilla)
- Statue of Carlos Fonseca greeting visitors to the Carlos Fonseca Museum in Matagalpa.
- A few belongings of Carlos Fonseca.
- Memorial plaque at the Carlos Fonseca Museum
- Street mural in Matagalpa.
- View of Concepción Volcano from a beach on the north shore of Ometepe Island.
- Wild Howler Monkey at the Charco Verde Nature Reserve. (Ometepe)
- Mural at the entrance of Café de las Sonrisas in Granada, a nonprofit cafe and community center run by a deaf staff.
- An acerbic critique of the commercialization of the International Poetry Festival done in the style of Banksy. (Granada)
- View of Las Isletas (islands created by the last eruption of Mombacho Volcano) from the top of Mombacho.
- Poet and activist (and ex-wife of Mick Jagger) Bianca Jagger reciting a poem on the penultimate night of the International Poetry Festival. (Granada)
- One of the highlights of the Poetry Fest, an outdoor concert by beloved Nicaraguan folk singer Norma Elena Gadea performing on top of the steps of Granada’s Iglesia San Francisco (the oldest church in Central America).
- View of the sunset from a boat off the waters of Las Isletas.














































All are great photos, though I’m curious about the cloud hanging over the volcano. Thanks for sharing your experience, Luther.
That’s a Lenticular cloud produced by moist air flowing over mountains. That volcano is dormant though such clouds might make it appear active.