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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
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Tagged bucket list, crossroads, Esteli, goals, Jimmy Carter, Nicaragua, Peace Corps, service, Travel, volunteer
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Close Encounters of the Howler Monkey Kind
[Apologies for the lack of pictures and videos. The internet is very slow on the island and I don’t particularly want to be up past midnight tonight uploading files. I will add the photos and videos when I am back … Continue reading
Posted in Peace Corps, Travel, Vlog, Work
Tagged active volcano, Australia, business development, Cerro Negro, Close Encounters, Close Encounters of the Third Kind, cooperative, Daniel Ortega, experience, Game of Thrones, howler monkey, massage, massage therapy, monkey, Nicaragua, nispero, Ometepe, Ometepe Island, Peace Corps, Telica, The West Wing, tourism, tourism cooperative, tourism development, Travel, United States Peace Corps, US Peace Corps, volcanic explosion, volcanic island, volcano, West Wing, William Walker
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Aaron in Nicaragua
When my parents visited, I characterized them as being like children. They had no idea what was going on and always needed to be told what to do (as well as have things translated into Spanish for them). I realize … Continue reading
The Other Nicaragua
Just about every Nicaraguan has at least one family member living in Miami. Thousands flocked to the United States during the wars, and many remain. So, ironically I now find myself in South Florida (where I have numerous family members). … Continue reading
Vacation Recap
Around a week ago I explained my relative blogging hiatus through the occasion of a vacation – my parents and friends were consecutively in Nicaragua. I’ve just completed a series of posts about the stops on my trip, and I’m … Continue reading
Posted in Travel
Tagged El Castillo, Granada, León, Managua, Nicaragua, Ometepe, Ometepe Island, Playa Gigante, Rio San Juan, Rivas, Tola, Travel, traveling, trip, vacation
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A Thanksgiving Gift
Of course I wish I were home for Thanksgiving. Nothing would be better than a beer at the Peekskill Brewery with John and other friends tonight, followed by seeing my Aunt and Uncles’ new house in NJ tomorrow. However, that’s just … Continue reading
Posted in Peace Corps, Travel, Vlog
Tagged 95, ambasador, beer, Bob Dylan, dinner, Dylan, embassy, home, I-95, I95, Interstate 95, Old Crow Medicine Show, Peekskill, Stephen Kellogg, Stephen Kellogg & The Sixers, storm, Thanksgiving, Thanksgiving Dinner, Thanksgiving Eve, Thanksgiving travel, Travel, turkey
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A Requiem for Matagalpa
This last week and a half I’ve felt like I’m back at my old job. Last Monday I pulled a round trip to Managua to work on a few talks I would be giving later in the week. On Tuesday I … Continue reading
Posted in Philosophy, Travel, Vlog
Tagged airplane coach, breakfast, bus, bus ride, bus rides, business travel, cheese, coffee, coffee harvest, coffee picking, coffee plantation, contra, contras, corn, corn tortilla, corn tortillas, cuajada, entrepreneurship, food, fresco, gallo pinto, guirila, harvest, ice cream, Italian, Italian food, Jean Baudrillard, La Dalia, León, Managua, Matagalpa, on the road, pejibaye, pizza, plantation, President Reagan, Reagan, Ronal Reagan, terrorist, terrorists, tortilla, tortillas, Travel, visit, Work
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Shit, Christmas Music
Unfortunately, they listen to Christmas music here in Nicaragua too. Nicaraguans don’t celebrate Thanksgiving, so once Halloween passes it is Christmas-time here. 90 degrees Fahrenheit in the shade Christmas-time. Which is a real shame. Christmas isn’t really a big deal here. … Continue reading
Posted in Technology, Travel
Tagged anniversaries, anniversary, atheist, backpack, beanie, Bluetooth, Chanukkah, Christmas, Christmas decoration, Christmas decorations, Christmas music, earbuds, Easter, gift, gifts, Hanukkah, hat, headphones, Jewish, job, Nicaragua, Onituska, Onituska Tigers, rugged professional, shoes, Travel, Tumi, ultrabook, wanderlust, wool cap, Wordpress, Work
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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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Incidents of Travel 