So things came to a bit of a halt upon reaching Esteli. Corrinne got hit with another round of sickness, and so the past three days has just been taking it easy and watching movies. She’s doing a lot better …
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Granada is serious about its churches. When Nicaragua’s tourist boom started to crank up around ten years ago, it was Granada that got the most attention. Here was an old colonial city, filled with colorful architecture, a friend to the …
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Festival parade through the parque central. Sometimes your timing works out. After writing my last post, Corrinne and I hit the streets of Granada to do some sightseeing. It was market day, and many of the streets were packed. We …
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So I think I’m getting better at letting things roll on the unplanned side. A good thing, too, because our plans yesterday went right off the tracks and we had a perfectly lovely time of it. The plan was this—Catch …
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Our little slice of Volcano Island Heaven… Above is the sign for a little finca called La Brisa, which sits on the side of Volcan Maderas on the island of Ometepe. To get here, you take a 90 minute …
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On approach to Ometepe. The first thing you notice about Lake Cocibolca is the wind. You notice it from a few miles inland, in Rivas, where the mosquitos get blown away before they have a chance to make a …
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The twin volcanoes of Ometepe and windmills, as seen from our bus to Rivas. Before I start telling you about our day, I want you all to know that I was ready for the Peñas Blancas border crossing. I …
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Greetings from Costa Rica. I’m writing to you from San Jose, which is the first place on our trip to completely surprise me. What I mean by that is that, on every trip, you have a few places that you …
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Corrinne and I said goodbye to La Jungla the day before yesterday. We took about an hour and a half to say goodbye to each of the animals, and to the owners, Dorothy and Luis, and to all the kids …