Hmmm.. so I didn't get round to updating within a month. At least the intention was there! Been very busy since the last epic blog so I won't promise this will be short :) Diving in Utila was awesome, the night dive was incredible. We saw a great big blue octopus chilling out on some coral and big hairy sea cucumbers and, as promised, cool phosflourescent stuff! (i forget the proper name!). Diving in the dark is a very bizarre experience, only seeing the small area where your torch is pointing, trying not to think about all the other stuff that [View Full Entry]

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Today started bright (well, it actually wasn't very bright when my cellphone alarm went off at 4AM) and early in San Jose. I had managed to find the Tica Bus ticket agency relatively close to my San Jose, Costa Rica hostel and had purchased my ticket previously. I got up and ready for the long journey to Nicaragua with the taxi picking me up promptly at 5AM as arranged. The taxi driver quickly became annoyed when he heard that I only wanted the Tica Bus Terminal as opposed to the airport as the San Jose airport is actually in the 'burbs [View Full Entry]

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Big life update for Sarah and Rick! Sarah has chosen to attend Emory Law School next year. Although her initial intention was to defer law school for a year and stay in Nicaragua, Emory has offered an enticing scholarship that would be jeopardized by such a plan. We've decided that it'd be too good to pass up and will be heading north to settle in the South--at least for three years. Rick has decided to leave his job with Witness For Peace and see what kind of mischief he can find in Georgia. We are both very sad to leave the [View Full Entry]

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Firstly, i would like to publicly congratulate the might Manchester United FC for becoming this season champions. I doubt they have time to read our blog due celebrating but i feel it´s necessary to mention. Following Nicks last blog, despite it only being a couple of days passing, i thought i would give you all a few more details. The fact that there is air con in the internet cafe is NOT the reason! Nicks blog came after a hard couple of weeks, of which the hardest factor being the heat. Nicaragua is without a doubt the hottest country i have [View Full Entry]

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Bus strikes suck. They really do. Last Monday a bunch of the taxi and bus drivers went on strike protesting the price of gas. I can get anywhere within Managua without problem but to try to get to Chacocente. hah. Won't work. I can get the bus as far as Tipitapa where I would then normally pick up a bus to Masaya but they aren't running. The other teachers have been going in trucks that are running from Tipitapa to Masaya every day. They're like..pirated trucks haha. But theyre more dangerous, especially for me, a little white girl, so I havent [View Full Entry]

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Hola todos. Saludos de Ometepe Island, Nicaragua! Hopefully (soon) to be in the new and revised list of the 7 Wonders of the World. Post your vote on www.laisladeometepe.com Many changes have been taking place, which is the norm here. However, some are worth taking note. Along the way, I will tell my stories. First off, NPH, the organization I am serving through, has recently partnered with the Enrique Iglesias Foundation. I am not sure how we made the connection, but we did. A cameraman came to the orphanage to shoot some footage of the kids singing to Enrique's new song: [View Full Entry]

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Well, we made it to Nicaragua. Leftie central. About 9 buses, 2 boats, 2 countries bad bad BAD accomoations, and now the beach. Result. Sort of.... we came here instead of El Salvador, via Copan Ruinas in Honduras, with the intention of going back through El Salvador. I have to say, 15$ to get into Copan ruins, and i was muchly underwhelmed, considering the bigger and more atmospheric ones in Mexico and Gaute were abot half the price and twice the size. Strange really. the town was really nice though, quiant and really really small..the smallest parque central i have seen [View Full Entry]

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Sorry for not posting for so long. We've been very busy with work, activist causes, people visiting, and Sarah visiting law schools. I wanted to share with you a blog I wrote for work about the new US ambassador in Nicaragua. In USA's typically head strong way the government appointed a man partly responsible for funding and administering the Contra War in the 80's. A war that was especially cruel as US-trained fighters were taught to attack "soft targets" such as farming cooperatives, health clinics, literacy centers, etc. The war led to tens of thousands of deaths, dismembered peoples, and forced [View Full Entry]

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Managua, Diriamba, Lanak, LA Boquita, Matrix, MAsaya, Pueblos Blancos, Granada... [View Full Entry]

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isla de ometepe, island constituated of two active volcanoes that have joined. a little piece of paradise, very relaxed, very calm, hammock life! a little too calm for natasha. we stayed in a farm, where we had to autostop a pick up truck (an american kid on a christianisation mission on the island, really colonialism), then walk for 30 minutes with our huge backpacks up a steep hill to finally arrive to this farm reputated for its coffe production. i think the place where i met the most french people in such a small place. during the day we went hiking [View Full Entry]

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