Thank you for sharing this! We are on HAL the 2nd week of January, scheduled to be in Nicaragua Jan 14 assuming we can stop there. From reading about Nicaragua, I felt nervous about getting off of the boat, but your description has made me more excited to visit. We'll definitely get off and explore what is in walking distance. We are big survivor fans so it sounds cool to visit that beach but I don't know if I can get over my anxiety about safety to travel there. I'd love to hear your opinion about tourist safety.