Thanks for the well wishes, and yes I will have my laptop, so hopefully I will be able to see what is happening here...
As for how safe it is, a few people from my co. have been down there a few times and all have said that they actually had a good time.
I'm not all that worried, it's just like I said, 3rd world countries (with rebel fighting)are not my idea of nice places to go. Good thing is, I am going with our Int'l sales mgr, who is a native Nicaraguan, so he knows the customs and culture. The other good news is that our sister company down there is run by peopel on the up and up and they take care of all the Americans who visit, so I think I will be ok.
I will watch my 6 and no worries about me going where I'm not supposed to....I'm waaayyy too whitebread for that.
Thanks again for the well wishes.