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The Caribbean Ocean on the Atlantic Coast of Nicaragua offers beautiful tourism and travel to tropical beaches, deep sea fishing and Creole Miskito and Garifuna cultures in Bluefields, Pearl Lagoon, Little Corn Island and Big Corn Island.
  • Local children greet passengers upon arriving Little Corn Island after a 45 minute boat ride from Big Corn Island off the Atlantic Coast of Nicaragua, April 6, 2009. A public boat ride in a shared panga, or open boat, with about 30 people is the easiest and cheapest route to Little Corn Island costing about $4.50.. By photographer Matthew Nager
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  • Once on Little Corn Island, accommodations range from hotels with air conditioning and TV located next to the dock and restaurants, for $50 a night, to private rustic bungalows along the less populated Northern coast of the small island for $250 a week. Despite the heated 20 minute walk through dense forests, the North coast offers cleaner, bug free, white sand beaches with clear waters and more privacy...PHOTOS/ MATT NAGER By photographer Matthew Nager
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  • Birds fly over the clear waters of Little Corn Island off the coast of Nicaragua in April, 2009... By photographer Matthew Nager
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  • For $50, private deep sea fishing trips with local fisherman can be arranged with the many tourist companies based along the Caribbean coast of Nicaragua. Amongst the main catch for local fisherman of shrimp and lobster available fish include: snook, tarpon, jack, mackerel, dorado, red snapper and barracuda.. By photographer Matthew Nager
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  • A local fisherman takes a cigarette break during a slow fishing day off the Caribbean coast of Little Corn Island, Nicaragua. Amongst the main catch for local fisherman of shrimp and lobster available fish include: snook, tarpon, jack, mackerel, dorado, red snapper and barracuda... By photographer Matthew Nager
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  • More populated with more infrastructure and less privacy than Little Corn Island is its big brother, Big Corn Island which can be reached by a six hour bumpy boat ride through the Caribbean or a simple 15 minute commuter plane from the fishing port of Bluefields. Here, local children play on a dock on Big Corn Island before sunset on one of the many beaches offering restaurants, white sand, and beautiful waters.. By photographer Matthew Nager
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  • A church on Big Corn Island can be seen from the window of a small commuter plane taking off for Bluefields, Nicaragua. The 15 minute plane ride on Nicaragua's La Costeña Airlines costs $98 roundtrip. Flying from Managua to the Corn Islands will cost $164. By photographer Matthew Nager
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  • Sherlyn Hebbert Cuthbert, who's family runs the quiet Miss Ingrids Hotel in Pearl Lagoon, Nicaragua, samples a Rondón, the traditional Caribbean dish made with a coconut and basil base with baby clams, in April, 2009. The Caribbean coast of Nicaragua has traditionally lived off fishing and lobster industries, but has seen a rise in tourism in recent years as popular destinations like Costa Rica become over populated. By photographer Matthew Nager
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  • Colorful curtains and walls are common for homes in the Awas Tingni Indian community, a small Misquito community near Pearl Lagoon in Nicaragua, April, 2009. As a result of being geographically and culturally isolated from the rest of Nicaragua, the Caribbean coast of Nicaragua has remained home to some of the largest remaining populations of indigenous Moskito and Garifuna communities. By photographer Matthew Nager
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  • A local fisherman makes offers from a fresh catch of King fish at the main dock in Pearl Lagoon, Nicaragua in April, 2009. A whole fish sells for $1. By photographer Matthew Nager
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  • A Garifuna man poses for a portrait in front of a cemetery in in Orinoco, Nicaragua in April, 2009. Garifuna populations are small although their language and traditional dances still hold a strong presence in communities throughout Central America. By photographer Matthew Nager
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  • The geographic isolation of the Atlantic coast is a main reason for the lack of heavy tourism and development. Until recently there was no road leading from Managua to Bluefields making it difficult to travel by land. These days it is possible to travel by bus, packed to the brim with locals as well as a new fleet of budget travelers. The trip by plane will cost $196 round trip from Managua and will take one hour each way. The trip by bus will cost $10 and take 8-10 hours each way. By photographer Matthew Nager
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  • The view of the Atlantic mainland in the early morning during the initial hours of the bus ride to Managua from Pearl Lagoon.. By photographer Matthew Nager
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  • A Creole house in Pearl Lagoon, Nicaragua, in April, 2009. Living in the North and South Atlantic Autonomous Regions (RAAN and RAAS) has long separated the Atlantic coastal communities from the government to the West. While the result has often led to higher poverty levels, it has also allowed traditional cultural and regional values to flourish... By photographer Matthew Nager
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  • Passengers line up to enter the plane flying to the Caribbean coastal city of Bluefields from Managua, Nicaragua, April, 2009. Travel through the country to the coast is easiest done by plane, but can be passed by bus. By photographer Matthew Nager
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  • An aerial view over farm land and central Nicaragua en route to the Caribbean coastal city of Bluefileds in April, 2009... By photographer Matthew Nager
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  • The lagoon on the Atlantic coast of Nicaragua meets the Caribbean waters as seen from an aerial view flying into Bluefields and the Little Corn Islands in April, 2009. By photographer Matthew Nager
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  • The Caribbean Ocean and palm trees on Little Corn Island, Nicaragua in April, 2009. By photographer Matthew Nager
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  • Flowers line the well groomed property surrounding the popular Hotel Iguana on Little Corn Island in Nicaragua in April, 2009. By photographer Matthew Nager
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  • A beach traveller enjoys a book while sitting in a hammock on the beach in Little Corn Island on the Caribbean coast in Nicaragua in April, 2009. By photographer Matthew Nager
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  • Local fisherman Mildo Hensley sits with his pet howler monkeys during sunset on Little Corn Island in Nicaragua in April, 2009.. By photographer Matthew Nager
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  • Sunset over a fishing boat on Little Corn Island, Nicaragua, April, 2009. By photographer Matthew Nager
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  • A single palm tree extends over the clear waters of Little Corn Island of the coast of Nicaragua in April, 2009. By photographer Matthew Nager
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  • Little Corn Island offers great water activities including snorkeling, scuba diving, and deep sea fishing in the Caribbean Ocean of the coast of Nicaragua in Central America. By photographer Matthew Nager
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  • Little Corn Island offers great water activities including snorkeling, scuba diving, and deep sea fishing in the Caribbean Ocean of the coast of Nicaragua in Central America. By photographer Matthew Nager
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