Tica Bus has daily runs between Costa Rica and Panama or Nicaragua; Transnica has daily service between Costa Rica and Granada and Managua. We recommend choosing Tica Bus if at all possible, but Transnica is acceptable in a pinch. Tica Bus offers an "executive" service on some of its green-season Managua-Costa Rica runs, which means for about $3 more you'll get breakfast. Both companies have comfortable, air-conditioned coaches with videos and on-board toilets, and make it easy to cross the border.

Bus Travel Companies

Tica Bus (C. 9 and Avenida. 4, San José. 2221-8954. www.ticabus.com). Transnica (C. 22, between Avenidas. 3 and 5, San José. 2223-4920. and Hotel Guanacaste, Liberia. 2666-0085).

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Country Information

Nicaragua

Standards

Road Traffic:right side

Electricity:

Voltage:120V

Frequency:60 Hz

Plug types:A,

TV Systems:

System:NTSC M

DVD-Region: 4

Geography

Bordering countries:

Costa Rica 309 kmHonduras 922 km

Location:

Central America, bordering both the Caribbean Sea and the North Pacific Ocean, between Costa Rica and Honduras

Area:

total: 129,494 sq km

land: 120,254 sq km

water: 9,240 sq km

Climate:

tropical in lowlands, cooler in highlands

Terrain:

extensive Atlantic coastal plains rising to central interior mountains; narrow Pacific coastal plain interrupted by volcanoes

Economy

GDP:

$16.83 billion (2008 est.)

$16.37 billion (2007)

$15.77 billion (2006)

note: data are in 2008 US dollars

GDP growth rate:

2% (2008 est.)

3.8% (2007 est.)

GDP per capita:

$2,900 (2008 est.)

$2,900 (2007 est.)

$2,800 (2006 est.)

note: data are in 2008 US dollars

Inflation rate: 20.6% (2008 est.)

Currency: gold cordoba (NIO)

Exchange rates:

cordobas (NIO) per US dollar - 19.374 (2008 est.), 18.457 (2007), 17.582 (2006), 16.733 (2005), 15.937 (2004)

People

Population: 5,891,199 (July 2009 est.)

Growth rate: 1.784% (2009 est.)

Religions:

Roman Catholic 58.5%, Evangelical 21.6%, Moravian 1.6%, Jehovah's Witness 0.9%, other 1.7%, none 15.7% (2005 census)

Languages:

Spanish 97.5% (official), Miskito 1.7%, other 0.8% (1995 census)

note: English and indigenous languages on Atlantic coast

Government

Capital:

name: Managua

time difference: UTC-6 (1 hour behind Washington, DC during Standard Time)

Independence:

15 September 1821 (from Spain)

Note: Information on Nicaragua was mainly sourced from CIA's World Factbook and may represent an American point of view. To learn more about Nicaragua, please visit one of the links below.

CIA's World Factbook on Nicaragua

Wikipedia page on Nicaragua

Country Information

Panama

Standards

Road Traffic:right side

Electricity:

Voltage:110V*

Frequency:60 Hz

Plug types:A, B,

Note:*Panama City 120V

TV Systems:

System:NTSC M

DVD-Region: 4

Geography

Bordering countries:

Colombia 225 km Costa Rica 330 km

Location:

Central America, bordering both the Caribbean Sea and the North Pacific Ocean, between Colombia and Costa Rica

Area:

total: 78,200 sq km

land: 75,990 sq km

water: 2,210 sq km

Climate:

tropical maritime; hot, humid, cloudy; prolonged rainy season (May to January), short dry season (January to May)

Terrain:

interior mostly steep, rugged mountains and dissected, upland plains; coastal areas largely plains and rolling hills

Economy

GDP:

$38.49 billion (2008 est.)

$35.54 billion (2007)

$31.96 billion (2006)

note: data are in 2008 US dollars

GDP growth rate:

8.3% (2008)

11.2% (2007 est.)

GDP per capita:

$11,600 (2008 est.)

$10,900 (2007 est.)

$10,000 (2006 est.)

note: data are in 2008 US dollars

Inflation rate: 10.6% (2008 est.)

Currency: balboa (PAB); US dollar (USD)

Exchange rates:

balboas (PAB) per US dollar - 1 (2008 est.), 1 (2007), 1 (2006), 1 (2005), 1 (2004)

note: the US dollar is the legal currency

People

Population: 3,360,474 (July 2009 est.)

Growth rate: 1.503% (2009 est.)

Religions:

Roman Catholic 85%, Protestant 15%

Languages:

Spanish (official), English 14%; note - many Panamanians bilingual

Government

Capital:

name: Panama

time difference: UTC-5 (same time as Washington, DC during Standard Time)

Independence:

3 November 1903 (from Colombia; became independent from Spain 28 November 1821)

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CIA's World Factbook on Panama

Wikipedia page on Panama

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