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Rivas has the biggest mercado , best groceries and widest choice of banks and businesses
in southwestern Nicaragua. Stock up!

BAC (frente Hotel Cacique Nicarao)

Claro (Parque Central, costado O)

Mon-Fri) There's a decent selection of flyers

Intur ([e-mail]; Texaco station, ½c O;

on Rivas, San Juan del Sur and Ometepe.

Getting There & Around

BUS
Rivas is the regional transport hub. Both Transnica ( www.transnica.com ; Uno, ½c N) and Tica
Bus ( www.ticabus.com ; Uno, 1½c N) have offices in town and daily buses to San José, Costa
Rica (US$29 to US$40). For services north, you'll need to route through Managua.
The bus terminal is adjacent to the mercado , about 10 blocks west of the Interameric-
ana. You can catch more luxurious long-distance buses (most headed to Managua, not
Granada) at the long-distance bus stop just north of the exit to San Jorge. Bus services in-
clude the following:

Granada (US$1.25, 1½ hours, hourly) Alternatively, take any Managua-bound bus and
change at Nandaime.

Managua (US$2, 2½ hours, 4:30am to 6pm, every 25 minutes)
Refugio de Vida Silvestre La Flor & El Ostional (US$1.80, two to three hours, 5am,
7:30am and noon)

Salinas and Tola beaches (US$1.70, two hours, 5:30am, 6am and 8:30am) Returns at
noon and 2pm.

San Jorge (US$0.30, 20 minutes, half-hourly)
San Juan del Sur (US$0.75, 45 minutes, 6am to 6pm, half-hourly) With continuing ser-
vice to La Flor and El Ostional at 11:30am, 3pm and possibly 4pm.

Sapoá/Peñas Blancas, Costa Rica (US$0.75, 45 minutes, 5am to 6pm, half-hourly)
Southern beaches (US$2.50, two to three hours, 11am, 3pm, 4:30pm) Service to San
Juan del Sur, Playa el Coco, La Flor and El Ostional.