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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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What Now?
The National Entrepreneurship Congress and Competition is over. The school year is all but over. The wonders of Matagalpa have been explored. Thanksgiving has been had at the Ambassador’s Residence. What now? What do I do, with respect to work, … Continue reading
Posted in Peace Corps, Travel, Work
Tagged Ambassador, Ambassador's House, Ambassador's Residence, America, commercial sex worker, commercial sex workers, domestic violence, embassy, entrepreneurship, entrepreneurship competition, Entrepreneurship Congress, Esteli, HIV, León, LGB, LGBT, LGBTQ, LGBTQA, Matagalpa, Nicaragua, pool, prostitute, prostitutes, self-esteem, sex worker, sex workers, swimming, swimming pool, Thanksgiving, Thanksgiving Dinner, turkey, United States, United States of America, US, USA
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National Entrepreneurship Congress and Competition
Last Wednesday through Friday was the National Entrepreneurship Congress and Competition, which is the culmination of a year of work for Small Business Development Volunteers, teachers, and students all around Nicaragua. I didn’t have a team competing. My students had … Continue reading
Posted in Peace Corps, Teaching
Tagged camp, Camp Shohola, conference center, electric keyboard, entrepreneur, entrepreneurial spirit, entrepreneurship, entrepreneurship competition, Entrepreneurship Congress, Esteli, hotel, hotel and conference center, keyboard, Managua, motivated, motivation, music pedal, networking, Nicaragua, pedal, Shohola, Spanish, tea
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Somoto Canyon
There isn’t any school this week until Thursday, because it is Independence Day here. They’ve been cancelling classes for weeks practicing for the marchas. This grew to become a large frustration for me, since we are in deep into the … Continue reading
Posted in Travel, Vlog
Tagged Batan, Batan death march, boat, bus, canyon, canyoning, Coco, Coco River, contra, contras, death march, Esteli, express, Guatemala, Honduras, hostel, huskey, husky, León, Madriz, Miskito, Nicaragua, Oregon, Oregon Trail, Pali, pirates, river, San Isidro, Sandinista, Sandinistas, Semuc Champey, Somoto, Somoto Canyon, Wal-Mart, water
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Estelí, Take Two
Estelí is one of a few natural meeting points for the members of Peace Corps group. It is a big city with a lot of bus connections in the north of the country. And we have a lot of Volunteers … Continue reading
Posted in Travel, Vlog
Tagged bus, bus connections, chicken bus, dance club, dancing, diamond, Esteli, Las Segovias, León, mountains, Nicaragua, Peace Corps, Peace Corps Volunteers, Segovias, Travel, traveling, waterfall, waterfalls, watering hole, wings
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School Vacation
There has not been any school this week because of a week long school vacation. I’ve taken this week as an opportunity to try to expand my network and meet as many people as possible. I literally have a list … Continue reading
Posted in León, Peace Corps
Tagged bicycle, bike, birthday, cycling, directions, Esteli, León, micro insurance, micro loan, micro loans, micro-finance, networking, NGO, Nicaragua, non-profit, riding, U2, Where the Streets Have No Names
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Estelí, Estelí
Last week I mentioned that I hoped to go to the city of Estelí this week to visit my friend and watch the USA match with him. My schedule just managed to work, so I was able to make it. First, … Continue reading
Posted in Travel
Tagged Belgium, cigar, cigars, climate, copa, Copa del Mundo, Copa Mundial, El Sauce, Esteli, football, futbol, Germany, hot, hot sauce, la copa, la copa del mundo, la copa mundial, Sauce, soccer, tobacco, USA, USA vs Belgium, USA vs. Germany, volcanoe, weather, World Cup
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