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Monthly Archives: April 2015
Feels Like 106°
You know those one or two days every year in NY when it is 100° and everyone freaks out and the news has extended coverage of how the Port Authority is adding extra buses and the city is setting up spritzing … Continue reading
Posted in León, Vlog
Tagged Chinandega, complain, complaint, Eddard Stark, El Salvador, Game of Thrones, heat, hot, León, Ned Stark, Nicaragua, rain, Starks, summer, video blog, vlog, winter, Winter is Coming
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Practicum Week
Around this time last year I was sent north to Jinotega for a Volunteer Visit with then Small Business Development Volunteer Hannah (she is now a Returned PC Volunteer in the US, meaning she completed her two years of service). … Continue reading
Posted in León, Peace Corps, Training
Tagged beach, black clams, business advisory, business training, ceviche, Chinandega, clam, clams, cooperative, education, fish, fish market, fish processing, fried fish, Jinotega, León, lesson plan, lesson planning, lesson plans, mangroves, Nicaragua, ocean, Peace Corps, Small Business Development Volunteers, teacher training, teaching, training, US Peace Corps, wetlands
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Surprise!
Most unfortunately, two of my site-mates, Joanna and Isabel, are leaving Nicaragua in April and May, respectively. Our friend and Isabel’s host cousin, Jeniffer, came up with the idea to throw them a joint surprise despedida (going away party). The plan was … Continue reading
Posted in León
Tagged beach, Beyonce, caballo bayo, Caribbean, fish, food, fried fish, gringo, León, Nicaragua, ocean, Peñitas, Poneloya, surprise, surprise party
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Winter is Coming
Posted in Books, León
Tagged forecast, Game of Thrones, heat, hot, León, Ned Stark, Nicaragua, Starks, summer, weather, weather forecast, winter, Winter is Coming
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Passover
For Nicaragua, my street has a very large population of Jews: 2, my site-mate Isabel and me. And Isabel is a bit of a Jewish holiday aficionado. She celebrated Passover with her host family (not Jewish) last year, Hanukkah in … Continue reading
Posted in Second Goal
Tagged Four Questions, holiday, Jewish, Jewish holiday, Judaism, latkes, León, matzoh, matzoh ball soup, Nicaragua, Passover, Pesach, prayers
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Tornado (Sort of)
I went to Managua this morning and got back in the afternoon. As soon as I turned the corner to my house I knew that something was up. There was a pile of roof tiles out front and someone was … Continue reading
Posted in León, Philosophy, Vlog
Tagged blessing, Catholic, Catholocism, holy water, León, Nicaragua, priest, roof, roof damage, roof tiles, tornado, video blog, vlog, wind, wind storm, windy
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Aaron in Nicaragua
When my parents visited, I characterized them as being like children. They had no idea what was going on and always needed to be told what to do (as well as have things translated into Spanish for them). I realize … Continue reading
Macizo Peñas Blancas
After an overnight respite in Matagalpa last Saturday, Aaron and I headed further north to Macizo Peñas Blancas. Macizo means massif in Spanish. Peñas Blancas roughly translates to White Cliffs. I believe the national park is aptly named: The ridge of cliffs … Continue reading
Posted in Philosophy, Photography, Travel
Tagged amphibians, Bear Hunt, bunk beds, camp, Camp Shohola, CEN, Center for Understanding of Nature, cicadas, cliffs, coffee, eco-lodge, frog, frogs, hiking, J.R.R.Tolkien, Jinotega, JRR Tolkien, leaf cutter ants, mammals, Matagalpa, Mirkwood, nature, outdoors, Penas Blancas, photo, photography, photos, pictures, reptiles, Shohola, snake, snakes, The Hobbit, wildlife
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Cosigüina
Our first stop after getting to León was Cosigüina Volcano. Cosigüina used to be the tallest volcano in Nicaragua. Then somewhere between 30,000 and 10,000 years ago it blew up, and now it is a short crater with a lake in the … Continue reading
Posted in Travel, Vlog
Tagged Central America, Chinandega, Contra Wear, contras, Cosiguina, crater, crater lake, El Salvador, forest fire, forest fires, Gulf of Fonseca, Honduras, Iran, Iran-Contra, Iran-Contra Affair, Nicaragua, President, Reagan, Ronald Reagan, Teflon Man, Teflon President, volcanic explosion, volcano
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Lunar Eclipse
There’s a l0t of moon action this weekend. Saturday night is the first night of Passover, which astronomically guarantees a full moon. Full moons are a big deal here in León because many tour companies offer full moon volcano hikes, … Continue reading
Posted in León
Tagged causation, correlation, earthquake, eclipse, full moon, hike, Judaism, León, lunar eclipse, moon, Nicaragua, Passover, religion, superstition, Telica, tetrad, volcano, volcano hike
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