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Muelle Viejo
Take a stroll along the wooden boards of the historic Muelle Viejo (Old Pier), where both
Sandino and the Contras received arms smuggled in from abroad, the former with the as-
sistance of the town's prostitutes. But the 420m-long pier's biggest moment in the spot-
light was in 1961, when Somoza lent the facility to US-funded Cuban exiles to launch the
failed Bay of Pigs invasion.
There is a security gate halfway down the pier, but if you ask permission it's possible to
walk all the way to the end. As you walk back, check out the panga graveyard in front of
the military base on your right where large fiberglass skiffs seized from narcotics traffick-
ers lie half-buried in the sand - a testament to the not-so-legal shipping lanes that pass in
front of the town.
PORT
Seventh-Day Adventist Church
The most beautiful church in town, it was getting its lovely whitewashed wooden boards
replaced by concrete at the time of writing, but it's still worth a look. Come for Saturday-
morning services and listen to the Creole gospel choir.
CHURCH
Mercado Municipal
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MARKET
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( 7am-3pm) This ramshackle collection of stalls selling ripe produce, traditional fried-
fish breakfasts and sweet, savory rundown (seasoned fish or meat cooked in coconut milk
with root vegetables) is a popular place to pass the morning.
Activities
Amica
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CULTURAL TOUR
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(Association of Indigenous Women on the Atlantic Coast; 2792-2219; asociacionamica@yahoo;
Parque Central, 3c S; 8am-noon Mon & 2-5:30pm Mon-Fri, 8am-noon Sat) Your ticket into
the area's natural reserves and indigenous communities is through Amica. In addition to
working to stop domestic violence and promote family planning and indigenous rights, it
can arrange forest treks, canoe tours and fishing trips in the mangroves. It also offers
overnight visits to the Miskito Keys (US$500, eight visitors) and guides (US$6.30) for the
turtle-nesting sites in TuapĂ­ 8km north of town.
 
 
 
 
 
 
 
 
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