- three countries in less than a week
I headed to Nicaragua with the school program on October 22. Before we went we learned alot of Nicaragua's history, I'll give a brief overview:
[i]Settled in 1524, independent in 1821. Since the independence they had a group of liberals from Posted by touché in Last School Semester | Nov 15, 2009
- Dünyanın Biraları: Orta Amerika
Titiz çalışmalarım esnasında çekilmiş bir fotoğrafım
Hemen hemen bütün Orta Amerika ülkelerinde sadece bir, bilemediniz iki üretici olduğundan bira çeşitliliğinden bahsetmek biraz zor. İçt Posted by acikbilet in AÇIK BİLET | Nov 12, 2009
- Şairlerin ve şehitlerin vatanı
Sınır kontrol binasının camlarını neredeyse baştan aşağı kaplayan flamaları gören bir an için “Nikaragua'nın bayrağı kırmızı-siyah mıydı?” diye tereddüt edebilir, ama hayır, sınır kapısında ülke bayrağından daha çok ve daha görünür bir şekilde bulunan bu Posted by acikbilet in AÇIK BİLET | Nov 9, 2009
- Special Shout out to the Sisters Managua Second Visit
Sara and I have to continue our entry concerning our second visit to Managua with a detailed description and thank you to the Sisters of the Mother of the Good Shepherd.
First, a video of Tatian on the slide at their Posted by tourdeflor in Tour de Floret | Oct 22, 2009
- Back to Managua
Back to Managua…..miles traveled……300.
During our time in Bluefields, we visited our Godchild, Jeronima, on several occasions. She had a baby, Tatiana, 2 ½ years ago. At the time, Jeronima was only 17 and Tati was born at 7 Posted by tourdeflor in Tour de Floret | Oct 21, 2009
- Corn Island- Mission: Snorkel Spanish galleon wrecks in clea
Corn Island Miles traveled 100.
Sara had previously made on visit to Corn Island, but I had never been there. Wendy and Janitza also decided that they would make the trip with us. We wer Posted by tourdeflor in Tour de Floret | Oct 16, 2009
- Traipsing around Bluefields
We awoke to the buzz of the minihotel and the busy street outside. After a delightful breakfast of gallo pinto, cheese, eggs, and coffee, we went to say hello to Karla and Giovanny at their store. The greetings Posted by tourdeflor in Tour de Floret | Oct 15, 2009
- Tica Bus
We left Lago Apoyo for Managua,and went from a decidedly upscale place to the opposite. It had the advantage of being close to the bus station since the bus left the next day at 5 AM. for the two Posted by jonshapiro in Vagabonding at 60 | Oct 10, 2009
- En Vista del Mar y Lago: In View of the Sea and Lake
Heading south for San Juan del Sur, we finally hoped to get in our laid back beach vacation. Don't stop there, we heard. Go down 15-20k to Playa Majagual. You'll find a beautiful and largely wild place to swim, Posted by jonshapiro in Vagabonding at 60 | Oct 8, 2009
- Talking Turkey in Granada
We spent the afternoon in Teguc, a fairly large city of modern office buildings and slums (mostly slums), not to our taste, and the following day we took off for Managua, Nicaragua. From there we caught a local Posted by jonshapiro in Vagabonding at 60 | Oct 3, 2009
- The long trip to the end of the road....
Bluefields, Nicaragua…..miles traveled……300.
Mission –Survive sleep deprivation to arrive in Bluefields to spend time with our friends.
For those of you who don’t know, Sara completed a couple of years of service in Bluefields with the CapCorp. It Posted by tourdeflor in Tour de Floret | Oct 2, 2009
- To Nicaragua and Beyond....
Bocas to Ometepe, Nicaragua…..miles traveled…….420
The boat left Bocas in the morning to mainland. From there we hopped on a minivan that drove us to the Costa Rican Border. We saw a lot of banana plantations on the way, Posted by tourdeflor in Tour de Floret | Oct 1, 2009
- Nicaragua
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- Surfing volcanoes and waves in Nicaragua
Another wired border crossing
We decided to go from Guatemala to Nicaragua in one shot, not stopping in El Salvador or Honduras, what we would know will take time and will be quite Posted by shiriandre in Shiri and Andre one year off blog | Sep 21, 2009
- Schon wieder Auf Wiedersehen sagen muessen....
So nun sitzte ich also wieder in San Jose, Costa Rica, nach fast 3 Monaten und morgen geht meine Flieger zurueck in die Staten, wenn alles auch so klappt wie geplant! Ist fast ein bisschen zu gut gelaufen meine Reise Posted by Sarah_S in Nicaragua | Aug 26, 2009
- Svenska....
När jag skriva mina inlägg så lyssna jag alltid på svenska låter på youtube för livet här få mig verkligen att glömma svenskan ich att blanda ihop det med spanskan. Jag prata så lite svenska här det är helt otroligt Posted by Sarah_S in Nicaragua (svenska) | Aug 11, 2009
- Ein ganz normales Leben...
Also ich muss schon sagen, an das Leben hier koennte ich mich fast gewoehnen. Alles hier ist eben etwas langsamer und entspannter hier! Ich glaube das Wort Hektik gibt es wirklich im nicaraguanischen nicht. Die letzten zwei Wochen war ich Posted by Sarah_S in Nicaragua | Aug 11, 2009
- Bald is alles wieder vorbei...
So nun habe ich also die Halbe-Zeit Marke schon seit langem uberschritten und langsam aber sicher naehert sich doch die Heimreise. Da kommen immer die Fragen, was wird wenn ich nicht mehr da bin? Habe ich wirklich alles getan was Posted by Sarah_S in Nicaragua | Aug 10, 2009
- Paradiset...
Torsdag morgonen klockan 4 ringde väckerklockan men jag hade legat vaken ett bra tag redan och var uppe innan jag ens han stänga av klockan. Half fem skulle taxit hämta mig. Det skulle ge mig exact tillräckligt med tid för Posted by Sarah_S in Nicaragua (svenska) | Jul 30, 2009
- Corn Islands...
Hej allihoppa, äöå
det var visst ett bra tag sen jag hörde av mig men tiden här går otroligt fort och att skriva på svenska tar alltid ganska mycket tid (jag vill ju inte göra allt för många fel ;-) ).
Under Posted by Sarah_S in Nicaragua (svenska) | Jul 29, 2009
- Corn Island
So hier bin ich wieder! Nach 5 Tagen in der Karibik bin ich wieder hier in Tipitapa und am arbeiten. Habe es ja fast vermisst, aber auch nur fast! Einfach nichts tun ist halt doch auch mal schoen.
Am Donnerstag morgen Posted by Sarah_S in Nicaragua | Jul 29, 2009
- Nicaragua
Friday 10 July 2009
I wanted to travel to Matagalpa in Nicaragua from Berlín in El Salvador, it’s about 180 miles. To get to the border with Honduras is only about 44 miles yet I had to take four buses. Posted by Marcos92uk in LASA Tour 2009-10 | Jul 27, 2009
- And Then There Were Two
I have come a long way since my last blog, where to begin?
I guess a logical place would be at LAX airport where I said my goodbyes to about 8 people who had all been on the same flight from Posted by henry.d.m in Round the World in 140 Days | Jul 23, 2009
- Ometepe & San Juan del Sur
Ometepe is an island on Lago Nicaragua consisting of two volcanoes, Concepcion and Maderas, joint by a narrow strip of land in the middle. It's a beautiful place and we had a very peaceful, mostly relaxing few days on the Posted by MattAnneka in Burritos y Mojitos | Jul 21, 2009
- Leon...
Hallo Hallo
Hier bin ich wieder. Gerade habe ich meine Fluege in die Karibik reserviert, in 2 Tagen gehts los. Freu mich schon sooooo. Das erst mal Karibik. Weisse Sandstraende, Palmen, Kokosnuesse, keine Autos.... Paradies. Bin echt schon sooo gespann Posted by Sarah_S in Nicaragua | Jul 21, 2009