Unfortunately, yes you can get by just speaking English in Puerto Vallarta. In this whole area from Puerto Vallarta south and then on to the north and west through Sayulita, San Pancho (formally known as San Francisco), etc.; the whole of Riviera Nayarit, you can get by just speaking English. 
The construction standards in Portugal have been very, very high for the past 500 years. We’re a country with a lot of history, so there’s a lot of palaces and castles around Portugal that have been at the same place without any refurbishment for the past 400 to 500 years. The Portuguese have a history of being very dedicated to quality when it comes to building and to the construction of buildings. 
Nicaragua is a capitalistic, free market system that wants to incentive growth through capitalistic models via investments, financing, and being able to create value out of that. With the new incentives that the government offers, businesses are able to build infrastructure and do business. 
They maintain the architectural structure and the look and feel of the buildings in Casco Viejo, Panama. As for building a new home in Casco Viejo, you need to pull a permit. Every person who wants to buy any building in Casco Viejo needs to present the project that they want to develop to the Instituto Nacional de Cultura (Cultural Institute of Panama). They need to have the project approved before they can develop it. Once approved, the...Fishing in the Rio San Juan, Nicaragua
Anglers take note: Big fish in a big river!!
The week before Christmas five of us guys decided we'd take a road trip and head to the south part of the country and do some fishing. Several of us had been there before and hooked some good sized tarpon, but the size and the ferocity of the fish caused us never to land one. We took a three hour drive south of Managua, and then an hour and a half panga ride (similar to a john boat) east on the Rio San...
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