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January 25th 2011

Published: February 2nd 2011

Nicaragua: Sandinistas… Contras… civil war… Iran-gate… Reagan... For me, those would have been the limited word-associations for “Nicaragua” until only a few years’ ago if I’d really stretched my brain cells. I knew it was in Central America (give the girl a medal!), but, much more than that, and I would have been struggling. I didn’t even know which ocean or sea lapped at i... Read Full Entry

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Elizabeth Weir

Weir travels

I decided in early 2006 that I'd had enough of the London rat-race and the career thing - at least, for the time being - and that I'd like to take some time out: "me time", as it were; time to do at least some of the things that I'd been thinking about doing over the last few years but hadn't been able to fit in around work and client demands. So here I am: backpack to the ready (to be honest, it had never really been put away after my '93-'94 round-the-world trip), and a gazillion ideas about how to fill the next xx months..... (And, no, I've no idea when I'll go back to the "real" worl... full info

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3rd February 2011

Lynn
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Fantastic as always
Boy do i love going with you on your journeys, if only via your words. Glad you made it back to the warmth though its not like it's the Arctic over here! Looking forward to the next installment, as always!

3rd February 2011

Rhonda
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Nicaragua
I love your photos, Elizabeth! Many of them remind me of the years way back in the dark ages when I lived in Panama. Thanks so much for sharing your hilarious voyages as well. Big hugs from this little country.

3rd April 2012

Diego Correal
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Parque Arqueológico Piedras Pintadas
I'm glad you had a chance to go to Parque Arqueológico Piedras Pintadas. I had a chance to go in the summer of 2010 and was really happy I got to see all those great petroglyphs. I'm a photographer and plan on working out a way to get funding to go back to Nicaragua and photographer there petroglyphs in depth to rise more awareness of these art works. I also blog about my experience heres the link so you can check out my images http://diegocorrealphoto.blogspot.com/2010/10/ancient-drawings.html and heres another post about my time in Nicaragua http://diegocorrealphoto.blogspot.com/2010/10/future-of-country.html

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