Tag Archives: San Juan de Oriente

San Juan de Oriente

Posted on August 24, 2015 by einsler

Not the best of videos, so I’ll embellish a bit. After the GMAT on Friday, I headed back to my training town for the weekend. It was rainy and cool, which for a Leones like me right now is like … Continue reading →

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Playa Gigante

Posted on January 12, 2015 by einsler

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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Ometepe Island

Posted on January 6, 2015 by einsler

After an interminable 11 hours on a ferry from Río San Juan that I could have swam faster than, my parents and I arrived at 1:30 AM on Ometepe Island. Ometepe is made of two imposing volcanoes jutting out of … Continue reading →

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Vacation

Posted on December 30, 2014 by einsler

With the school year over and everyone in Christmas mode here, I have been officially on vacation since the 17th. Now I know that one of the purposes of having a blog is for real-time updates, as opposed to righting … Continue reading →

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Blenvy

Posted on September 17, 2014 by einsler

When we moved into our training towns way back in March, I was in a nice house in San Juan de Oriente, Masaya. The other Trainees in my town were Ryan, Jessica, and Rosendo. Jessica’s host mother, Eveling, was a … Continue reading →

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Peace Corps FAQ

Posted on August 20, 2014 by einsler

I know that people have a lot of questions about Peace Corps and Peace Corps life, so hopefully I cover the majority of your questions here.  How long will I be here? All Volunteers have three months of training and … Continue reading →

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A Menagerie of Videos From Training

Posted on May 28, 2014 by einsler

I haven’t been able to get these videos from training up till now, but they sure are good. Presenting Daniel Ortega, President of the Republic, Malú, a particularly exuberant puppy, and Luis Mariano, simultaneously dancing and pummeling a piñata at his … Continue reading →

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So I Had to Move My Training Host Family

Posted on May 1, 2014 by einsler

If you read my Semana Santa post you would know that I was having some problems with my host family. On Monday the Training Director and I decided that enough was enough, so I switched families. I won’t air all … Continue reading →

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Making Smoothies with Nicaraguan Teenagers

Posted on April 9, 2014 by einsler

As part of our youth business group’s attempt to commercialize healthy smoothies in a very short eight week window: I believe that their final recipe includes bananas, papaya, orange juice, and water mellon.

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Nicaragua

Posted on March 13, 2014 by einsler

I have been in Nicaragua since last Wednesday. However, I only really felt like I got here on Saturday when I arrived at my host family in San Juan de Oriente, Masaya. Before that we were at a hotel in … Continue reading →

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