On a cloudy day, La Costena Airlines carries me from Managua to Bluefields on the Caribbean coast as I watch the beautiful patchwork quilt of Nicaragua unfold below us. Nicaragua is about the size of New York state and the plane is about half way to the east coast.
Our 800 meter canal from Smokey Lane Lagoon up to the Caribbean Beach at False Bluff is one of the more scenic parts of the boat trip out. The lower vegetation has been cut back to provide further visibility and increased sunlight for some future landscaping.