Shaun's turn

Mount Masaya Calling

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December 20th 2010
Monday, December 21st As part of our walking tour we went to a collective that taught at-risk youth how to make hammocks in exchange for a promise by the students to go to school. Men with wads of cash would stand on street corners in front of banks, quite legitimately offering to exchange dollars for cOrdobas – a sight that too many years of watching the Sopranos never failed to sur ... read more

Central America Caribbean » Nicaragua

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The Pacific Coast of Nicaragua was settled as a Spanish colony from Panama in the early 16th century. Independence from Spain was declared in 1821 and the country became an independent republic in 1838. Britain occupied the Caribbean Coast in the fir... ... read more