Blogs from Capital Region, Nicaragua, Central America Caribbean - page 4

Warning!!!!!! There are images that might cause offense! Keep away from children! El Salvador treated to me a a nice breakfast and some corrupt border guards, not so much fun when they tell you that somebody, their collegue made a mistake but the problem was mine. Enough said about that except that I hate corrupt border guards both i El Salvador an Honduras with every morsel of my soul, may the pox be on them. Enough moaning. Honduras for 190 km or so and then into Nicaragua, friendliness and helpfulness at every moment. The customs guy asked me to open my luggage and I told him I couldn't because I was carrying contraband, arms, explosives and drugs and I did not want to get caught. He laughed and I showed him my meagre belongings, they would ... read more

Here are some photos from my home with my Nicaraguan family. They are a tough bunch and work very hard except in the afternoons when it is too hot to do anything.... read more

Hi everyone, I have made it to Nicaragua and have begun teaching yoga in the mornings and taking classes in the afternoons. After a few nights of not sleeping well, I finally was tired enough to sleep through the chickens, dogs and other sounds in the night. My spanish teachers are great and my only real homework is to put together scripts and lessons for the children so that I can teach them in Spanish. So far besides teaching them I have made a matching game with the names of the yoga poses. It´s been fun but it is hot and I am quite tired every day. However, the food has been great and my family is really nice. The bucket showers are quite good in the evening when it is still hot and I can ... read more

13. 8. Granada Nach einer langen Fahrt (2 Stunden im Stau!)mit dem Taxi von Matagalpa nach Granada, bezogen wir unser Hotel in Granada. Ein wunderschöner Kolonialbau mit Innenhof und Pool. Ana Zavala und Maru – zwei ehemalige Studentinnen von uns – haben uns dieses Hotel gebucht und auch sonst die Organisation der nächsten Tage übernommen. Wir freuen uns schon sehr, wenn wir die beiden treffen. Der erste Abend in Granada sollte aber auch noch sehr lustig werden. Kaum zu glauben: Wir sitzen beim Abendessen und am Nachbartisch sitzt eine junge Frau und ich denk mir noch, das Gesicht kommt mir bekannt vor. Plötzlich dreht sich der junge Mann daneben um und wir sind wirklich überrascht: Zalatimo, ein ITH-Student vom Vorjahr aus Jerusalem sitzt am Nebentisch mit seiner Freundin, die hier von Granada ist. Wir haben kaum ... read more

August 2 - So the sleeping thing did not really work out last night. When I tried to sleep at 9:30, I knew I could only get six hours of sleep at a maximum, but I was still not tired enough so I just laid there for a while. Then the fan was just too loud, so I had to turn it off. Earplugs were out of the question in case I slept through my 3:30am wake up call. Not likely, but just in case. It didn't get too hot, so that was a plus. I slept a bit, but kept waking up. The last time was at 2:15am when I heard two guys talking and their tv on. They must have arrived late. By 2:45 I just decided to get up, work on my blog ... read more