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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
Posted in Travel
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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When North is to the South in Hungary
Before I jump into the story I want you to imagine a dark, dilapidated train station deep behind the Iron Curtain in the 70’s. You’re going to need this mental image later in the story. In May/June 2012 I took … Continue reading
Posted in Incidents of Travel Past
Tagged Berlin, Budapest, camp, Camp Shohola, EasyJet, friend, friends, frienship, Germany, hostel, Hungary, iron curtain, Shohola, Soviet Union, train, train station
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Blog Corps
I recommend that you go check out my site-mate, Isabel’s, blog: Chabelita in Nicaragua The password is PeaceCorps911. I like Isabel’s writing. She is also the nearest living American to me, in the world! She lives right down the block. … Continue reading
Posted in León, Technology
Tagged blog, blogger, blogging, camp, Camp GLOW, development, friend, friendship, GAD, gender, gender and development, Girls Leading Our World, girls' camp, GLOW, link, password, read, reading, site-mate, Tumblr
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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
Posted in León
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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Video Blog = Vlog
In addition to keeping my blog updated, I like to let people hear my voice and see my face on my “Vlog” – Video Blog. All of the videos are hosted on my Vimeo account. I made this video last … Continue reading
Posted in Vlog
Tagged ALS, ALS Ice Bucket Challenge, Australia, bucket, cold water, film, freezer, friend, friendship, ice, ice bucket, Lou Gherig, Lou Gherig's Diseas, movie, New Zealand, Nicaragua, shower, video, video blog, video log, vlog, water
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My Host Family
My friends and family ask me about my host family a lot, so I figured I would just make a post about them. There are five permanent members of the household: Doña Evelyn, in her sixties I would say, lawyer, works … Continue reading
Posted in León, Peace Corps
Tagged dog, familia anfitriona, family, father, friend, friends, grandaughter, grandmother, host family, León, maid, mother, Nicaragua, parent, parents
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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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