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Re-Opening the Rum Case
Back in May I wrote a brief ethical examination on Nicaraguan rum. The problem is that the workers in the sugar cane (sugar cane being the main ingredient in rum) fields are dying of kidney failure at very young ages. So … Continue reading
Posted in Philosophy, Vlog
Tagged Chichigalpa, Chinandega, cycle of poverty, ethics, Flor de Cana, human rights, kidney, kidney disease, La Isla Foundation, labor, labor rights, León, Managua, morality, Nicaragua, Pellas, plantation, plantations, poverty, rights, rum, sub-contracting, sub-contractor, sugar cane, sugar cane workers, video blog, video log, visa
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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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Happy Anniversary Incidents of Travel
I’m not one to typically commemorate anniversaries. I just don’t see why simply having making it around the sun again is such a big deal. However, having given up my chance to self-congratulate my blog on its 100th post, I’m taking … Continue reading
Posted in Peace Corps, Travel
Tagged anniversary, blog, blogging, challenge, competition, Flor de Cana, Flor de Cana rum, Halloween, Pete Seeger, Raujon, Raujon's Quest, rum, scavenger hunt, tasks
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Dulce’s Birthday
Friday night fun in my Peace Corps site Continue reading
Posted in León
Tagged birthday, cake, cocktails, dance, dancing, drink, drinks, family, food, Johnny Walker, Johnny Walker Gold, León, liquor, party, Peace Corps, rum, Scotch, U.S. Peace Corps, United States Peace Corps, US Peace Corps, wine
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Flor de Caña
Something that happens from time to time to Volunteers in Nicaragua is getting “Nica kidnapped” or “Nicanapped.” It is when a Nicaraguan invites you to do something, and it the total ordeal takes exponentially longer than you expected. I got … Continue reading
Posted in Peace Corps, Travel
Tagged cafe, Chichigalpa, Chinandega, coffee, factory, Flor de Caña Factory, Flor de Cana, kidnap, kinapped, León, museum, Nicaragua, Peace Corps, rum
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Día de Los Maestros
Día de Los Maestros is National Teachers’ Day, and it is tomorrow, Sunday June 29, in Nicaragua. Classes are cancelled on Monday to observe the holiday, and most classes were cancelled on Thursday as well so that the kids could … Continue reading
Posted in León, Teaching
Tagged beer, county fair, dance, dancing, docente, docentes, high school, León, maestro, maestros, music, Nicaragua, profesor, profesores, rum, secondary school, teach, teacher, teachers, Teachers' Day, teaching
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Fun Filled Fun Weekend
As I said on Friday, I had a lot planned for this past weekend. On Friday night I went to a baroque music concert at the fanciest hotel in León. I haven’t been converted into a baroque music fan, but … Continue reading
Posted in León, Travel
Tagged carretera, chicken bus, Chinandega, El Sauce, Flor de Cana, highway, hot sauce, kidney, kidney disease, León, Momotombo, Nicaragua, Pase de Caballos, protest, protesta, ron, rum, San Cristobal, stirke, sugar cane, volcan, volcano, volcanoes, volcanos
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An Ethical Dilemma Involving Rum
Just north of my site, León, is the department of Chinandega (it gets even hotter than León in Chinandega – I have once heard it referred to as the devil’s anus, as opposed to León, which is just “the furnace”). In the … Continue reading
Posted in Philosophy, Photography
Tagged Chichigalpa, Chinandega, Flor de Cana, Nicaragua, Pellas, ron, Ron Plata, rum, sugar cane
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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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