The Nicaragua of the 21st century is all the things that most people probably thought it wasn’t – safe, affordable, peaceful, culturally diverse, environmentally stunning and teetering on the edge of a property boom fuelled by foreign interest. Like neighbour Costa Rica to the south, Nicaragua has both Pacific and Caribbean shorelines, a tropical climate and a wealth of natural phenomena from virgin beaches to living reefs and from volcanic chains to dense rainforests. There is however one main difference, Nicaragua’s property prices are 30 to 50% cheaper than Costa ...