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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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Frustration Rant
Having just published a post I ended by writing, “I could go on and keep talking about the minutiae of the school system here, but I see myself drifting into a frustration rant, so I think I will leave it … Continue reading
Posted in Teaching
Tagged behavioral interchange, camp, Camp Shohola, cell phone, cell phones, circus, clown, concentration, conductor, convention, cynicism, discipline, earthquake, earthquake drill, Einstein, fire, fire drill, ignorance, insanity, lesson plan, lesson planning, lesson plans, phone, phones, post-revolutionary society, revolution, right to education, rope, school, Shohola, tent, The Game, tug-of-war
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Nagarote
Nagarote is a town halfway in between León and Managua. It is on the far side of Lake Managua (with Managua being on the near side). I went there today with my soon to depart site-mate, Chelsea, who used to … Continue reading
Posted in Training
Tagged Bible, botanical gardens, central park, cheese, church, clean, earthquake, entrepreneurship, entrepreneurship competition, lake, Lake Managua, lookout, Managua, mirador, Momotombo, Nagarote, overlook, park, quesillo, school, Telica, Volcan Telica, volcanic chain, volcano, volcanoes, volcanos
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My Lion’s Pride
For anyone wondering, León means Lion in Spanish. And I am the first male Volunteer in León for about three years. All of the other Volunteers have been female. So that kind of makes me a self-proclaimed lion king. Yea, I’m … Continue reading
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Tagged Africa, earthquake, earthquake selfie, earthquake selfies, friend, friends, León, lion, Lion King, Lion's Pride, pride, pride of lions, pumba, selfies, timon, Timon and Pumba
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Competition Season Update
So we lost four days of school last week, but we’re back today. The biggest loss though as a result of last Monday night’s earthquake was my municipal competition, originally slated for this past Friday. It is now going to … Continue reading
Posted in Peace Corps, Work
Tagged business competition, business school, drink mix, earthquake, entrepreneurship, peanut, peanut drink mix, peanuts
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Competition Season
Competition season is not getting off to a good start. Here’s what has to come together to get León’s best representatives to Managua for the national competition in November: Select the best groups from each section in each school Select the … Continue reading
Posted in León, Vlog
Tagged business, business competition, earthquake, El Salvador, entrepreneurship, epicenter, film, León, Nicaragua, school, tsunami, tsunami warning, video, video blog, video log, vlog
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Summer in America, Winter in Nicaragua
July is known as a “winter” month in Nicaragua, even though Nicaragua is in the same hemisphere as the USA, where we know July as high summer. I put winter in quotes though because it isn’t winter as we know … Continue reading
Posted in Peace Corps
Tagged 4th of July, airport, America, Arthur, beach, beaches, card, card game, cards, cards game, Delaware, Delaware Beaches, drought, earthquake, earthquakes, Fourth of July, friend, friends, friendship, hurricane, Hurricane Arthur, Independence Day, July 4th, July Fourth, mafia, Managua, Nicaragua, rain, school, season, seasons, summer, temblor, temblores, terremoto, terremotos, United States of America, US, US of A, USA, winter
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Laguna Asososca
Today I ventured to Laguna Asososca with my site mate Lauren and her roommate Leah. From León it was a bus ride to La Paz Centro, which is another municipality in the department of León, much closer to Managua. It is … Continue reading
Posted in León, Vlog
Tagged Asososca, bull, bus, cattle, cow, earthquake, film, hike, La Paz Centro, laguna, Laguna Asososca, lake, León, movie, Nicaragua, swim, temblor, terremoto, video, video blog, volcano
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Nicaragua’s Vulnerability
Nicaragua is pretty much tied for being the second poorest country in the Americas. Haiti takes the crown, with Nicaragua and Bolivia right behind. And Nicaragua holds this unfortunate distinction in large part due to civil wars in the 70’s … Continue reading
Posted in Philosophy, Vlog
Tagged blizzard, Bolivia, China, climate change, coffee, coffee rust, drought, earthquake, environment, fire, flood, global warming, greenhouse gas, Haiti, Haiyan, hurricane, India, Nicaragua, Republican, sea level, Tacloban, tornado, tsunami, volcano, Yolanda
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León, León
This last week I visited my permanent site of León, León. It was very very hot. The second hottest place in Nicaragua, in fact. Like sitting in place, not moving a muscle, yet still sweating so much your shirt is … Continue reading
Posted in León, Peace Corps, Teaching, Training
Tagged AIDS, canal, Captain Morgan, Caribbean, cathedral, church, churches, complain, Cuerpo de Paz, diet, earthquake, earthquakes, England, food, Granada, heat, history, HIV, hot, inter-oceanic canal, inter-oceanic canals, interoceanic canal, interoceanic canals, jalea, jelly, León, lion, Lion King, lions, Nicaragua, nutrition, obese, overweight, Panama Canal, Peace Corps, pirate, pirates, Rivas, rum, schools, Simba, Spain, teaching, US Peace Corps
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