Blogs from San Juan del Sur, Southern Pacific Coast, Nicaragua, Central America Caribbean - page 20

Thinking back to the days before my travels, I have a tough time recalling the last sunset I took time to enjoy...where watching the sun in its final moments is now a daily event. I know when I eventually return home life will again be hectic with work, errands and the daily headaches, but I won't forget about the beauty of the simple things. These reminders of the wonderful things that God has created for us are all around. It's important not to let this busy, crazy world consume us. We all need to step back once and a while and enjoy the simple things. Now, I know you can't always see a sunset from where you are, but I have a solution for that. Simply place the sunset picture from my entry onto your screensaver ... read more

Once again I´ve gone awhile without updating. On the last post I was waiting in San Jose for Keturah, Kelly, and Cronburg to arrive. They´re now all back in the land of paved roads and hot showers, and I´ve just arrived in San Juan Del Sur in Southwestern Nicaragua. Heres a brief summary of what happened in between. But first: Congradulations to Dad and Anette, who got married on the 31st. - Excuse me for the hangup Anette - My phone card ran out. Congradulations to Jeremy and Meagan on their upcoming wedding. I wish I could be there. Good luck getting into the bachelor party Anthony. Try groing a beard. Keturah arrived in San Jose a couple days prior to Kelly and Cronburg. It was St. Patricks day. Keturah was exhausted from travelling so she ... read more

Hola familia and amigos, Yesterday was Terry´s birthday, and also the birthday of the woman of the house where we have been staying. Today is the 15th birthday of the daughter Karla, so as I wrote before, we stayed for the big Quinceaño party. The preparations, decorations and all were just like a big wedding. The party was great fun, music and dancing. About fifty people attended. The kids were great dancers, and the old people attending were dancing as well, keeping right up with the youngsters. Of course us old people took more breaks. We spent a couple of days traveling to some other towns after school ended on Tuesday. We went to Masaya, which is the shopping mecca of Nicaragua. We did not go to shop but rather to the the Jueves Verbena at ... read more

Well we finally have a break from our Spanish school. What a great time we have been having. we study each morning and have activities in the afternoon. Our knowledge of Spanish is progressing quite rapidly. For our afternoon activities we have been taken on several hikes, two excursions to some remote beaches, cooking lessons, and my personal favorite, dance classes. Me gusta bailar (I like to dance). We danced salsa, marenge (sp), and palo de mayo, which is the maypole dance from the Atlantic Coast of Nicaragua. Tonight we will go to the local disco and try out our new dance steps. It will be a beautiful full moon night and the disco is right on the beach, perhaps we will take a dip in the ocean under the full moon to cool us off ... read more

Hola amigos, Na een dag in Tegucicalpa zijn we verder gereisd naar Managua (Nicaragua) en Rivas en de volgende dag het laatste stukje (minder dan een uur) naar San Juan del Sur, een strandplaatsje in Zuid Nicaragua, waar we de afgelopen 2 dagen lekker hebben gerelaxd. Vandaag is waarschijnlijk onze laatste dag hier, maar we weten nog niet zeker waar we nu heengaan. In ieder geval terug naar het noorden.... Hetzij naar Leon, hetzij naar Granada. Mijn plan op dit moment is nog een tijdje in Nicaragua door te brengen en misschien volgende week nog een week spaans te doen en daarna nog wat andere plaatsten in Nicaragua te zien. En uiteindelijk mijn laatste 2-3 weken alleen verder te reizen naar Costa Rica..., maar 'vamos a ver' want plannen hier zijn erg veranderlijk.... read more