{"id":1285,"date":"2014-01-15T11:00:10","date_gmt":"2014-01-15T11:00:10","guid":{"rendered":"http:\/\/rhworldimagery.wordpress.com\/?p=1285"},"modified":"2015-04-13T09:40:24","modified_gmt":"2015-04-13T09:40:24","slug":"nicaragua-and-costa-rica-in-pictures","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/www.robertharding.com\/blog\/2014\/01\/15\/nicaragua-and-costa-rica-in-pictures\/","title":{"rendered":"Nicaragua and Costa Rica in pictures"},"content":{"rendered":"<p>Costa Rica &#8211; with its abundant rainforests, colourful wildlife\u00a0and tourist-friendly surf-towns &#8211; has long been a hot destination. Meanwhile, neighbouring Nicaragua was only the domain of the adventurous &#8211; until now, that is. Recent investment in its infrastructure and services is making it easier for visitors to discover Nicaragua&#8217;s stunning volcanoes, jungles and unspoilt Pacific and Caribbean coastlines. We put together some of our favourite photos from both countries.<\/p>\n<p><a href=\"http:\/\/www.robertharding.com\/lightbox-galleries.php?id=23216&amp;gallery=Costa%20Rica%20and%20Nicaragua\"><img loading=\"lazy\" decoding=\"async\" alt=\"View from San Jorge of Conception Volcano, Ometepe Island, Nicaragua, Central America\" src=\"http:\/\/www.robertharding.com\/blog\/wp-content\/uploads\/2014\/01\/312-3285.jpg\" width=\"480\" height=\"320\" \/><!--more--><\/a><\/p>\n<p>View from San Jorge of Conception Volcano, Ometepe Island, Nicaragua (Jane Sweeney\/Robert Harding)<\/p>\n<p><a href=\"http:\/\/www.robertharding.com\/lightbox-galleries.php?id=23216&amp;gallery=Costa%20Rica%20and%20Nicaragua\"><img loading=\"lazy\" decoding=\"async\" class=\"alignnone size-full wp-image-1307\" alt=\"Little boy kneeling in the sand on the shore of San Juan del Sur, Nicaragua\" src=\"http:\/\/www.robertharding.com\/blog\/wp-content\/uploads\/2014\/01\/817-213760.jpg\" width=\"319\" height=\"480\" srcset=\"https:\/\/www.robertharding.com\/blog\/wp-content\/uploads\/2014\/01\/817-213760.jpg 319w, https:\/\/www.robertharding.com\/blog\/wp-content\/uploads\/2014\/01\/817-213760-163x245.jpg 163w, https:\/\/www.robertharding.com\/blog\/wp-content\/uploads\/2014\/01\/817-213760-226x340.jpg 226w\" sizes=\"auto, (max-width: 319px) 100vw, 319px\" \/><\/a><\/p>\n<p>Little boy kneeling in the sand on the shore of San Juan del Sur, Nicaragua\u00a0(age fotostock\/Robert Harding)<\/p>\n<p><a href=\"http:\/\/www.robertharding.com\/lightbox-galleries.php?id=23216&amp;gallery=Costa%20Rica%20and%20Nicaragua\"><img loading=\"lazy\" decoding=\"async\" alt=\"Cathedral de Granada, Granada, Nicaragua, Central America\" src=\"http:\/\/www.robertharding.com\/blog\/wp-content\/uploads\/2014\/01\/807-695.jpg\" width=\"480\" height=\"321\" \/><\/a><\/p>\n<p>Cathedral de Granada, Granada, Nicaragua (Wendy Connett\/Robert Harding)<\/p>\n<p><a href=\"http:\/\/www.robertharding.com\/lightbox-galleries.php?id=23216&amp;gallery=Costa%20Rica%20and%20Nicaragua\"><img loading=\"lazy\" decoding=\"async\" alt=\"Facade of yellow neoclassical style Cathedral of Granada, Nicaragua\" src=\"http:\/\/www.robertharding.com\/blog\/wp-content\/uploads\/2014\/01\/817-213726.jpg\" width=\"320\" height=\"480\" \/><\/a><\/p>\n<p>Details of the neoclassical style Cathedral of Granada, Nicaragua\u00a0(age fotostock\/Robert Harding)<\/p>\n<p><a href=\"http:\/\/www.robertharding.com\/lightbox-galleries.php?id=23216&amp;gallery=Costa%20Rica%20and%20Nicaragua\"><img loading=\"lazy\" decoding=\"async\" alt=\"Leon Cathedral, Basilica de la Asuncion, Leon, Nicaragua, Central America\" src=\"http:\/\/www.robertharding.com\/blog\/wp-content\/uploads\/2014\/01\/817-377493.jpg\" width=\"320\" height=\"480\" \/><\/a><\/p>\n<p>Leon Cathedral, Basilica de la Asuncion, Leon, Nicaragua\u00a0(age fotostock\/Robert Harding)<\/p>\n<p><a href=\"http:\/\/www.robertharding.com\/lightbox-galleries.php?id=23216&amp;gallery=Costa%20Rica%20and%20Nicaragua\"><img loading=\"lazy\" decoding=\"async\" alt=\"Building, Puerto Corinto, Department of Chinandega, Nicaragua, Central America\" src=\"http:\/\/www.robertharding.com\/blog\/wp-content\/uploads\/2014\/01\/776-1652.jpg\" width=\"480\" height=\"321\" \/><\/a><\/p>\n<p>Building, Puerto Corinto, Department of Chinandega, Nicaragua (Richard Cummins\/Robert Harding)<\/p>\n<p><a href=\"http:\/\/www.robertharding.com\/lightbox-galleries.php?id=23216&amp;gallery=Costa%20Rica%20and%20Nicaragua\"><img loading=\"lazy\" decoding=\"async\" class=\"alignnone size-full wp-image-1286\" alt=\"Couple going for surf lesson at Playa Guiones beach, Nosara, Nicoya Peninsula, Guanacaste Province, Costa Rica, Central America\" src=\"http:\/\/www.robertharding.com\/blog\/wp-content\/uploads\/2014\/01\/83-12628.jpg\" width=\"480\" height=\"321\" srcset=\"https:\/\/www.robertharding.com\/blog\/wp-content\/uploads\/2014\/01\/83-12628.jpg 480w, https:\/\/www.robertharding.com\/blog\/wp-content\/uploads\/2014\/01\/83-12628-366x245.jpg 366w\" sizes=\"auto, (max-width: 480px) 100vw, 480px\" \/><\/a><\/p>\n<p>Couple going for surf lesson at Playa Guiones beach, Nosara, Nicoya Peninsula, Costa Rica (Rob Francis\/Robert Harding)<\/p>\n<p><a href=\"http:\/\/www.robertharding.com\/lightbox-galleries.php?id=23216&amp;gallery=Costa%20Rica%20and%20Nicaragua\"><img loading=\"lazy\" decoding=\"async\" alt=\"Sunset and surfer at Playa Guiones beach, Nosara, Nicoya Peninsula, Guanacaste Province, Costa Rica, Central America\" src=\"http:\/\/www.robertharding.com\/blog\/wp-content\/uploads\/2014\/01\/83-12639.jpg\" width=\"480\" height=\"321\" \/><\/a><\/p>\n<p>Sunset and surfer at Playa Guiones beach, Nosara, Nicoya Peninsula, Costa Rica (Rob Francis\/Robert Harding)<\/p>\n<p><a href=\"http:\/\/www.robertharding.com\/lightbox-galleries.php?id=23216&amp;gallery=Costa%20Rica%20and%20Nicaragua\"><img loading=\"lazy\" decoding=\"async\" alt=\"K78-651142\" src=\"http:\/\/www.robertharding.com\/blog\/wp-content\/uploads\/2014\/01\/817-128991.jpg\" width=\"319\" height=\"480\" \/><\/a><\/p>\n<p>Food at Playa De Los Artistas restaurant, Montezuma, Nicoya peninsula, Costa Rica\u00a0(age fotostock\/Robert Harding)<\/p>\n<p><a href=\"http:\/\/www.robertharding.com\/lightbox-galleries.php?id=23216&amp;gallery=Costa%20Rica%20and%20Nicaragua\"><img loading=\"lazy\" decoding=\"async\" alt=\"Scarlet macaw (Ara macao) in flight, Corcovado National Park, Osa Peninsula, Costa Rica, Central America\" src=\"http:\/\/www.robertharding.com\/blog\/wp-content\/uploads\/2014\/01\/718-1741.jpg\" width=\"480\" height=\"321\" \/><\/a><\/p>\n<p>Scarlet macaw in flight, Corcovado National Park, Osa Peninsula, Costa Rica (Marco Simoni\/Robert Harding)<\/p>\n<p><a href=\"http:\/\/www.robertharding.com\/lightbox-galleries.php?id=23216&amp;gallery=Costa%20Rica%20and%20Nicaragua\"><img loading=\"lazy\" decoding=\"async\" alt=\"Arenal volcano, La Fortuna, Costa Rica, Central America\" src=\"http:\/\/www.robertharding.com\/blog\/wp-content\/uploads\/2014\/01\/718-1692.jpg\" width=\"321\" height=\"480\" \/><\/a><\/p>\n<p>Arenal volcano, La Fortuna, Costa Rica (Marco Simoni\/Robert Harding)<\/p>\n<p><a href=\"http:\/\/www.robertharding.com\/lightbox-galleries.php?id=23216&amp;gallery=Costa%20Rica%20and%20Nicaragua\"><img loading=\"lazy\" decoding=\"async\" alt=\"C46-548589\" src=\"http:\/\/www.robertharding.com\/blog\/wp-content\/uploads\/2014\/01\/817-35486.jpg\" width=\"480\" height=\"366\" \/><\/a><\/p>\n<p>Conchal beach, Nicoya Peninsula, Costa Rica (age fotostock\/Robert Harding)<\/p>\n<p><a href=\"http:\/\/www.robertharding.com\/lightbox-galleries.php?id=23216&amp;gallery=Costa%20Rica%20and%20Nicaragua\"><img loading=\"lazy\" decoding=\"async\" alt=\"G69-500881\" src=\"http:\/\/www.robertharding.com\/blog\/wp-content\/uploads\/2014\/01\/817-112463.jpg\" width=\"480\" height=\"314\" \/><\/a><\/p>\n<p>Red-eyed tree frog on a torch ginger, Selva Verde, Costa Rica (age fotostock\/Robert Harding)<\/p>\n<p><a href=\"http:\/\/www.robertharding.com\/lightbox-galleries.php?id=23216&amp;gallery=Costa%20Rica%20and%20Nicaragua\"><img loading=\"lazy\" decoding=\"async\" class=\"alignnone size-full wp-image-1287\" alt=\"Traditional sunset gathering on Playa Guiones beach, Nosara, Nicoya Peninsula, Guanacaste Province, Costa Rica, Central America\" src=\"http:\/\/www.robertharding.com\/blog\/wp-content\/uploads\/2014\/01\/83-12629.jpg\" width=\"480\" height=\"321\" srcset=\"https:\/\/www.robertharding.com\/blog\/wp-content\/uploads\/2014\/01\/83-12629.jpg 480w, https:\/\/www.robertharding.com\/blog\/wp-content\/uploads\/2014\/01\/83-12629-366x245.jpg 366w\" sizes=\"auto, (max-width: 480px) 100vw, 480px\" \/><\/a><\/p>\n<header>Traditional sunset gathering on Playa Guiones beach, Nosara, Nicoya Peninsula, Costa Rica (Rob Francis\/Robert Harding)<\/header>\n<p><a href=\"http:\/\/www.robertharding.com\/lightbox-galleries.php?id=23216&amp;gallery=Costa%20Rica%20and%20Nicaragua\"><img loading=\"lazy\" decoding=\"async\" class=\"alignnone size-full wp-image-1295\" alt=\"D88-99761\" src=\"http:\/\/www.robertharding.com\/blog\/wp-content\/uploads\/2014\/01\/817-8651.jpg\" width=\"480\" height=\"316\" srcset=\"https:\/\/www.robertharding.com\/blog\/wp-content\/uploads\/2014\/01\/817-8651.jpg 480w, https:\/\/www.robertharding.com\/blog\/wp-content\/uploads\/2014\/01\/817-8651-372x245.jpg 372w\" sizes=\"auto, (max-width: 480px) 100vw, 480px\" \/><\/a><\/p>\n<p>Green Iguana, Costa Rica (age fotostock\/Robert Harding)<\/p>\n<p><a href=\"http:\/\/www.robertharding.com\/lightbox-galleries.php?id=23216&amp;gallery=Costa%20Rica%20and%20Nicaragua\"><img loading=\"lazy\" decoding=\"async\" class=\"alignnone size-full wp-image-1299\" alt=\"U38-625748\" src=\"http:\/\/www.robertharding.com\/blog\/wp-content\/uploads\/2014\/01\/817-197141.jpg\" width=\"480\" height=\"318\" srcset=\"https:\/\/www.robertharding.com\/blog\/wp-content\/uploads\/2014\/01\/817-197141.jpg 480w, https:\/\/www.robertharding.com\/blog\/wp-content\/uploads\/2014\/01\/817-197141-370x245.jpg 370w\" sizes=\"auto, (max-width: 480px) 100vw, 480px\" \/><\/a><\/p>\n<p>In the rain forest Wild Horses on the foggy beach interacting or playing, Dark brown and white horses, Osa Peninsula, Costa Rica\u00a0(age fotostock\/Robert Harding)<\/p>\n<p>See more photos of Costa Rica and Nicaragua <a href=\"http:\/\/www.robertharding.com\/lightbox-galleries.php?id=23216&amp;gallery=Costa%20Rica%20and%20Nicaragua\" target=\"_blank\">here<\/a><\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"<p>Costa Rica &#8211; with its abundant rainforests, colourful wildlife\u00a0and tourist-friendly surf-towns &#8211; has long been a hot destination. 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