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At a Crossroads
Every year the Peace Corps has a series of regional meetings on Safety & Security. The León/Chinandega meeting was last week while I was on Ometepe, so the Peace Corps kindly asked me to attend the meeting in Estelí. The meeting … Continue reading
Posted in Peace Corps, Travel
Tagged bucket list, crossroads, Esteli, goals, Jimmy Carter, Nicaragua, Peace Corps, service, Travel, volunteer
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Day Three: Tourism Business Development Workshop, Ometepe
Everyone was a lot happier this morning than yesterday morning, since the electricity was running last night so the air conditioning and fans were keeping our rooms cool. The sessions in the morning were dedicated to accounting, and in the … Continue reading
Posted in Peace Corps, Teaching, Travel, Vlog
Tagged business administration, business owners, customer service, Ojo de Agua, Ometepe, pedagogy, teaching
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Close Encounters of the Howler Monkey Kind
[Apologies for the lack of pictures and videos. The internet is very slow on the island and I don’t particularly want to be up past midnight tonight uploading files. I will add the photos and videos when I am back … Continue reading
Posted in Peace Corps, Travel, Vlog, Work
Tagged active volcano, Australia, business development, Cerro Negro, Close Encounters, Close Encounters of the Third Kind, cooperative, Daniel Ortega, experience, Game of Thrones, howler monkey, massage, massage therapy, monkey, Nicaragua, nispero, Ometepe, Ometepe Island, Peace Corps, Telica, The West Wing, tourism, tourism cooperative, tourism development, Travel, United States Peace Corps, US Peace Corps, volcanic explosion, volcanic island, volcano, West Wing, William Walker
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One Day in the Campo
Posted in Peace Corps, Travel, Vlog
Tagged access, agrarian lifestyle, agriculture, campo, community, development, education, electricity, farming, health, hopscotch, hot spring, lack of access, road, rural, rural community, school, Telica, thermal spring, under-developed, video, video blog, vlog, Volcan Telica, volcano, water
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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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Semana Santa, Take Two
Last year I was less than thrilled with my first Semana Santa in Nicaragua. This year, despite being tempted to hide in my room or flee the country, I will be receiving my brother instead. Come to think of it, … Continue reading
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Tagged Bambi, beach, bucket list, Cerro Negro, Chinandega, Cosiguina, Easter, Easter Week, estuary, highlands, hiking, holiday, Holy Week, Jiquilillo, La Dalia, Matagalpa, Nicaragua, Penas Blancas, Puerto Rico, sand boarding, sandboarding, Semana Santa, Telica, vacation, volcano boarding, volcano surfing, wetlands
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The Other Nicaragua
Just about every Nicaraguan has at least one family member living in Miami. Thousands flocked to the United States during the wars, and many remain. So, ironically I now find myself in South Florida (where I have numerous family members). … Continue reading
Playa Gigante
On New Year’s Eve at the airport, after busing in from León, I bid farewell to my parents, who had been in Nicaragua since December 17, and picked up my friends, a grand ‘ole party of six: My best friend, … Continue reading
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Tagged bay, beach, billionaire, Carlos Pellas, cove, firecrackers, fireworks, Flor de Cana, friend, friends, friendship, Gigante, Guacalito, León, logger head, logger head turtle, loggerhead, loggerhead turtle, mackerel, Mexico, Mukul, New Years, New Years Eve, Nicaragua, Pacific, Pacific Ocean, palapa, palaperos, Pellas, Playa Gigante, Playa Redonda, Redonda Bay, Rivas, rum, San Juan de Oriente, sea turtle, snorkel, snorkeling, Tola, turtle, turtle egg, turtle eggs, viejo
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Incidents of Travel 