Laguna Las Playitas lake by the Panamerican Highway between Matagalpa and Managua, Las Playitas, Nicaragua, Central America

Typical flowering shade tree Arabica coffee plantation in highlands en route to Jinotega, Matagalpa, Nicaragua, Central America

Coffee beans drying in the sun in the important growing region around this northern city, Matagalpa, Nicaragua, Central America

FSLN (Sandinista) mural reflecting the revolutionary past of this important northern city, Matagalpa, Nicaragua, Central America

San Pedro Cathedral, built 1874 on Parque Morazan in this important northern commercial city, Matagalpa, Nicaragua, Central America

View of the northern city Matagalpa, second only in commercial importance to the capital, Matagalpa, Nicaragua, Central America

Laguna Las Playitas lake by the Panamerican Highway between Matagalpa and Managua, Las Playitas, Nicaragua, Central America

San Pedro Cathedral built in 1874 on Parque Morazan in this important northern commercial city, Matagalpa, Nicaragua, Central America

Facade and bell tower of the Iglesia San Jose in this important northern commercial city, Matagalpa, Nicaragua, Central America

San Pedro Cathedral built in 1874 on Parque Morazan in this important northern commercial city, Matagalpa, Nicaragua, Central America