- My Life as an International Celebrity
This past Saturday I spent part of the late afternoon sitting at an outdoor cafe reading my book (for those of you who might be interested, I recommend "The Country Under My Skin" by Gioconda Belli, a former Sandanista Guerilla. Posted by jme75 in Jenny's Travels | Jul 2, 2008
- T-minus 4 hours.
In a little less than three hours I will be waking up and driving to Detroit to catch my flight for Nicaragua. I will be landing there a little after 11am, Nica time, 1pm, midwest time.
For two whole months Posted by TristaM in The Search for World's Best Hammocks | Jun 19, 2008
- Everything is actually NOT bigger in Texas
Everything is bigger in Texas - as a proud Texan, that is what I have always believed. Last week however, I have learned that this is not necessarily true. I learned this important lesson from a cockroach when one morning Posted by jme75 in Jenny's Travels | Jun 16, 2008
- Nicaragua Spanish Schools
I just returned from a long trip thru Central America. I started in Mexico, traveled thru Guatamala and Nicaragua, and eneded the trip in Costa Rica. If you love beaches, Mexico is the place. If you like tourists, Costa Rica Posted by Travelinxx in Nicaragua Spanish Schools | Jun 15, 2008
- Real World Managua, Episode I
Luckily, my first week in Managua has not been at all like the drama filled Real World reality show. I am interning here for the summer with an organization called Agora Partnerships (www.agorapartnerships.org) which works with small and medium business Posted by jme75 in Jenny's Travels | Jun 8, 2008
- Nica viimsed päevad ja samas ka möttetera ARKile
Noh, ikka veel siin vä? Midagi muud töesti teha pole? No jah, oma asi.
Mu venna Nikas viibimise viimasel päeval suudeti siiski ka tema kott Managuasse toimetada. Nojah, läksime siis viimasel päeva lennujaamast läbi ja saimegi koti kätte. Selleks muidug Posted by jakokruuse in Jako Ladina-Ameerikas | Feb 26, 2008
- Sport, sport, sport - teate seda Ants Laidma superhitti ju
Ahoi mu väike karvane sabaga söber! Kuidas sul läinud on? Ah, et ei saa väga kurta, kui igav ja nyristav töö, väike palk, sitt ilm ja pimedus, vastikud naabrid välja jätta. Rööm kuulda, ma ka väga nuriseda ei saa, kuigi Posted by jakokruuse in Jako Ladina-Ameerikas | Feb 26, 2008
- NYC, Dallas, Miami, Managua, Manila, Pärnu, Tehran
Nii, kuna olen hetkel Nica pealinnas tagasi üheks õhtuks, tõesti mitte kottigi muud pole teha ja pole ammu kirjutanud, siis otsustasin kerge kiirülevaate anda viimase 10 päeva tegemistest. Viimast 10t päeva iseloomustab igapäevane (viimasel ajal pole enam Posted by jakokruuse in Jako Ladina-Ameerikas | Feb 18, 2008
- laid back lifestyle....
hey everyone, thought i´d better finally blog and let you all know that we´re alive!! sorry for the lack of communications but we've been in paradise on the Corn Islands, Nicaragua. they're 2 small islands in the caribbean, around 50 Posted by ericurly in Erica & Ian's Round-the-World adventure! | Jan 19, 2008
- Wildlife and Waterfalls
I continued my surfing education over the following days, though after being stung by stingrays (once in each foot) I decided to try again on another beach, another time.
Before leaving San Juan del Sur I joined an expedition to watch Posted by chris89 in Travails of the Wide Eyed Wanderer | Jan 11, 2008
- Leaving 2007 behind
As part of my time in Granada, I spent a day at the nearby 'Lago de Apoyo' - a large lake formed in a volcano crater. Due to the heat originating deep underground, the water was delightfully warm and Posted by chris89 in Travails of the Wide Eyed Wanderer | Jan 4, 2008
- The police, corruption and lengthy bus journeys
I was threatened with the police today for my refusal to pay the equivalent of about 12p.
Despite being on a budget I am not so stingy as to withhold 12p, but the scam demanding the money was so thinly veiled Posted by chris89 in Travails of the Wide Eyed Wanderer | Dec 28, 2007
- Happy New Year
Hey everyone,
Hope you all had a great Christmas, this is just a quick entry to say that we are off to the Corn Islands, hopefully today, if not then tomorrow, and i think internet will be scarce and expensive Posted by ericurly in Erica & Ian's Round-the-World adventure! | Dec 28, 2007
- Tikal to Rotan ( Honduras) to Granada Nicaragua.
Check out www.haydencarlyonphotography.com (http://www.haydencarlyonphotography.com) for more photos from the trip.
After spending a few days in soggy Tikal we drove to the Honduran border, then up to the Atlantic coast. Where we took a boat Posted by hayden111 in AUSTIN TO ARGENTINA | Nov 24, 2007
- Corn Islands
On Sunday we got to Managua at dark - the bus ride is only an hour or so, but we left Granada a little late. We went straight to hotel Jardin de Italia, which we used as a base for Posted by Flav-Greg in Flavia & Gregory go LA | Nov 17, 2007
- Nicaragua
Well Nicaragua is much more like the central america you would want to see. Roads are still the same or slightly worse but its more like an actual place than a tourist destination in the off season. People doing stuff Posted by lidster in The Americas - Out of sorts | Nov 8, 2007
- Granada, Laguna de Apoyo & Masaya
We managed to stick it out at the Oasis Hostel and planned our journeys and tours from there. The Oasis did grow on us after a while and was a good base of operations in which to plan next steps, Posted by Flav-Greg in Flavia & Gregory go LA | Nov 11, 2007
- Lago de Nicaragua / Ometepe
While the first impression of S Juan del Sur granted a one-night stay, we ended up spending three nights there. Different reasons for this: 1) after we went to see the turtles, we were so tired that we decided Posted by Flav-Greg in Flavia & Gregory go LA | Nov 8, 2007
- Into Nicaragua: San Juan del Sur
Our border crossing at Peñas Blancas went very smoothly and fairly quickly. Only glitch is that we hopped on a bus at the last minute and it turned out that it was a long distance bus to Managua Posted by Flav-Greg in Flavia & Gregory go LA | Nov 3, 2007
- Surf Tours Nicaragua
I have changed the name of my surf tour company, and it has a new look. I am in the process of improving my ranking on Google and Yahoo, so if you get some time, I would LOVE it Posted by NicaNic in Nicaragua...or BUST!!! | Oct 16, 2007
- The Corn´s
There are two ways out to the Corn Islands, one involves a day long bus ride to a dodgy port town to catch an antiquated overnight ferry which only leaves twice a week
, and the other me Posted by AndyPandy in donde esta... | Oct 5, 2007
- 12 Skyrius: Nicaragua - Granada ir Isla Ometepe
Granada - Leono priesingybe ir svarbiausias konkurentas nuo pat abieju miestu ikurimo. Abu kaip simboliai; Granada - turto, kulturos, jei norit, ir kapitalizmo, Leonas - proletariato, socializmo ir komunistiniu diskusiju, kurioms seni revoliucionieriai ik Posted by GRai in El Mundo Latino | Sep 12, 2007
- Forgot
I forgot that my focus now is on my new surf tour company called Da'le Pues Surf Tours. Da'le Pues means: Let's Go in Spanish. Check out my temporary website at:
http://www.dalepuessurftours.com
and send me some clients so that I Posted by NicaNic in Nicaragua...or BUST!!! | Sep 17, 2007
- Vulkanklatring på Cerro Negro
På søndag så va, drog vi på tur til Cerro Negro (Den svarte høgden), ein fullt aktiv vulkan som og e mellom-amerikas yngste. 728 meter over bakken va da heilt fantastisk fin utsikt, og vi hadde ein kjempekjekk tur. Posted by tovepåtur in Tove på tur | Sep 7, 2007
- Nicaragua
¡Hola!
No e eg i Nicaragua! Nærmare bestemt i León på stillehavskysten. Detta e då blitt mine nye heim for dei neste månadane framøve. Bur i eit hus, Casa Colbrí, med ein 20 andre og livet e egentli ganske herlig. Rett Posted by tovepåtur in Tove på tur | Sep 5, 2007