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Spring break 2008 and we are off to Nicaragua; leaving our beautiful Atlanta spring behind. So far we have been fortunate to be getting a more normal amount of rain and the plants are rewarding us. And sure enough it's rainy and fog as we take off No matter how many time i fly, I still enjoy popping above the clouds. We had a uneventful 3+ hour flight to Managua. Tried to get a picture of the volcano as we approached, but on wrong side of plane and then a cloud concealed the view. The inactive volcano and lake are adjacent to Managua. On the way to lunch, our "tour guides" took us through the area of the 1972 earthquake, which pretty much wiped out the town. Very little has been rebuilt except for small businesses ... read more
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So after getting an e-mail just now from my father telling me very bluntly that I need to update, and since I'm finallyyyyy in a cyber and have time, here goes a hopefully nice, long entry for you all. I apologize for the delay but I rarely have time to go to a cyber anymore and when I am on the computer in the house I don't like to be on for very long because the whole family uses it! Where did I leave off on the last one? Hmmm...Ah! The arrival of Ted Anderson and Bille and MOPers! So that was back in February. Lo siento!!! (Sorry!) So Isaac and Pablo and Susan and I were all so excited about them arriving, (four of my MOPers came with Ted so it was a big deal ... read more


Whoops. Still doing horribly at updating this thing. Sorry! I've actually barely been home the last two weeks so I never really had the chance to keep you all updated on my oh-so-exciting life. hah. It'll be a very random entry. Some of it will be things actually going on in my life, whereas others will most likely just be random thoughts about the culture or things here. You are all probably used to my randomness by now. I know I wrote a very long time ago about a friend of mine that was saying he is depressed and wants to kill himself, and I'm still worried about him. He has his really good days where he is laughing with me and joking with me and then he has days where he is just miserable and ... read more


Geo: 12.1475, -86.2734To us, after a year of "travels" (see 2005-2006:South Asia & Africa) there is quite a distinction between a holiday and travel. Travel is taking a 20-seat bus with 50 other people and various market-bound cargo (squash, fish, chickens, etc.) for four hours (75 miles) whilst being subjected to a horribly tinny rendition of pop diva Celine Dion's music being played at superfast speed on the bus stereo, and then arriving to find a hostel replete with cold-water bucket showers and occaisionally-working electricity... This trip was intended to be, and was, pure holiday. We relaxed, we spent no fewer than three days in one place, we didn't stay in the cheapest places, and we didn't step foot on one local bus. Justin claims it was all for the sake of the baby. What ever ... read more
The Center of the Old Colonial City, Granada
Granada's Colorful Cathedral
A Nightime Shot of the Cathedral


I just held a chicken in a plastic bag for a while. It is now tied by its leg to the pole on our patio. I love this country. And I promise sometime soon I will try to make a real entry. I don't have much time lately at all. ... read more


So after updating my blog in the internet cafe in Liberia i headed back to Alctraz/stalag 7 or locally known as the Guncaste Hotel, I sat in the cafe and read the Lonely planet for a while and evlvated and iced my swollen foot/ankle, after whiling away some time doing that i then went to my room to do some repacking and to tend my cuts and clean them up and use some savlon on them. I then headed back to the cafe and got chatting to a Candian traveler Lisa and she has spent 2.5 months in Guate and Nica and was staying at the hotel and getting up at 4am for a flight from Libera back home, we chatted for a while and then i chatted to a Candian guy called Rich who lives ... read more
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I wanted to give you all a little background about our neighborhood before I write about a common occurrence that I've had during my time down here in Managua: We live next to and within a neighborhood where a large portion of the houses are made of rusty patched together Zinc plates and the main economic activity involves an illegal market of trucks selling gravel and dirt that is stripped from the nearby mountain. A significant portion of the community is struggling to find employment and to pay the bills, find money for food, etc. While I write this I know that it paints a desolate picture. I intend only to show the reality of the place and you should know that this can be contrasted with a significant wealthy population of the neighborhood. I would ... read more


This is going to be a short one. I'll get the long one up on Sunday most likely. But I just feel the need to put this up to give you a very simple, but very helpful view of life in Nicaragua. I have been up since 630 am. I have already run around playing with my 2 year old cousin. Taken him to a pulperia (small store) to get a snack. Gone to the store twice for my "mom." Eaten breakfast. Washed all my clothes, and not in the washing machine. In the washing thing where there are ridges and you physically scrub your clothes yourself. Its not easy but Im building muscle, I think. And I also swept the patio. Ive also managed to get on here and check my emails and reply to ... read more


So it is now summer here and the weather is...interesting. It is hotter during the day than it was before, because it isnt raining at all. But there is this gorgeoussss breeze that is almost always there, so if you're outside, you don't feel the heat quite so badly. Buttttt, because its not raining there is more dust than I think I have ever seen in my life, and those nice cooling breezes love throwing all that dust into your eyes, hair, and well, everywhere. I thought the mud was bad during the rainy season, but the dust is most definitely worse haha. But oh well. Not a problem! Nothing that interesting has really been happening lately. Ive been doing the usual spending two nights in Chacocente, working with the people and all that kind of ... read more


I am back in Nicaragua and loving it!!! :-) When I got to the airport I practically ran once I got through customs and got my luggage. And a bunch of people were there waiting for me :-) Pablo, Janeth, Isaac and Belen. (My family) And then Hermana Cony. And Joel, Norvin, Guillen, Sharon and karla. Ah I was so excited!!! haha. We went right from the airport to a persons house because we were having dinner there so I got to start catching up with everyone and it really felt like I had barely been gone the way we all just settled back into our normal ways of acting and hanging out. After that we went back home and I gave everyone that was there their presents and happily went to my room and put ... read more




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