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Collection of 151 travel stories from Nicaragua. Written by your friends on the road.

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Kerry and Mike´s Final Travel Blog
2009-07-16, Managua, Nicaragua. By: Kerry20

I am sure everyone is devasted to learn that this is the final time Mike and I will be writing in our travel blog from good old Central America. Hopefully it´s a good one. We last left off in Masa...

 
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tired
2009-07-13, Masaya, Nicaragua. By: Kerry20

Kerry and Mike here, after two long days of traveling. Yesterday, we got up at 5 AM in Manuel Antonio to make reservations for a bus to San Jose so that we could get back up to Nicaragua; the first bu...

 
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Nicaragua: The Bat Cave
2009-07-03, Granada, Nicaragua. By: Kerry20

Sorry about leaving so suddenly in the middle of my last post. Mike and Shane were prodding me about going to find food before it got too late. So we ate breakfast at the place owned by the old st...

 
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My Biggest Problem Right Now
2009-07-02, Grana, Nicaragua. By: Kerry20

One of the things that I like about traveling is that life here seems to move at a slower, better pace. You don´t have much stress, there´s not much to worry about, and you basically get to do whateve...

 
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Mike Changed His Shirt
2009-06-30, Isla de Ometepe, Nicaragua. By: kerry20

Kerry and Mike, signing in. Mike says: we took in a baseball game in rivas on the way to our ferry to ometepe island. it was raucous fun, and extremely hot, as we chose the unshaded 2nd row seats....

 
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The Life of the Innocents
2009-06-29, Leon, Nicaragua. By: hreimer

Today I am overcome by the poverty around me. Before, I knew that the kids I worked with lived in poverty, in unsanitary conditions, with scarce resources and sometimes not enough food. But it was a...

 
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A Typical Nica Life
2009-06-25, Leon, Nicaragua. By: hreimer

This morning I went with Carmen (the graduate practicum student here) to visit Yadira and her family. Carmen needed to meet with Yadira’s 14 year-old aunt about some school things, and I just wanted ...

 
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Reporting IN
2009-06-27, San Juan del Sur, Nicaragua. By: kerry20

Mike and Kerry here, giving another update. Mike says: volcano boarding was quite the experience--wiped out a few times, got a decent head of steam going, and had alot of fun. want to try it agai...

 
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It's Teacher's Day in Nicaragua!!
2009-06-25, Leon, Nicaragua. By: hreimer

Monday is La Dia de La Maestra (Teacher’s Day). But, since they all get that day off, and we have a conference for the teachers tomorrow, we celebrated today with a big party. The students all sang ...

 
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The people here are so nice...far from hostel.
2009-06-26, Leon, Nicaragua. By: Kerry20

Kerry and Mike here, writing our second entry of the trip from up in the northern volcanic lowlands of Nicaragua. Mike would like to say: sweet trip so far, very informative tours of museums and n...

 
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Mis Estudiantes!
2009-06-23, Leon, Nicaragua. By: hreimer

I have to take a minute to introduce you all to my students. They are all so adorable! It’s a big deal here to wear your school uniform, so I’m attaching a more formal pic of each kid. Well, I’ll p...

 
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My Welcome Back to Nica
2009-06-22, Leon, Nicaragua. By: hreimer

Seeing the kids again has been amazing. I was worried that they might have forgotten me – after all, it has been two years since I lived here, and they’ve had other students work with them since. Bu...

 
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Reclaiming Our Student!
2009-06-24, Leon, Nicaragua. By: hreimer

Today we went to visit Jeniffer. Jeniffer joined the school last year, but has been absent for the last 3 weeks. When I asked the school staff what was going on, they said that her mom had just been...

 
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Just Arrived
2009-06-23, Managua, Nicaragua. By: kerry20

Mike, Shane, and I arrived in Managua late last night. We bartered for a taxi (well, Shane did, as neither I nor Mike speak Spanish), and got to the hostel. After not being sure if they´d let us in or...

 
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What in the World am I Doing in Nicaragua?? Glad you asked...
2009-06-22, Leon, Nicaragua. By: hreimer

After my 3 months in Nicaragua in 2007, I couldn't quite shake myself free of the place or its people. The country and its inhabitants are so beautiful, so giving, and so in need. Since then, I have...

 
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End of the trip
2009-01-18, San Juan del Sur, Nicaragua. By: jlibrarian

Jessica & I were able to conduct some research for a paper we're writing & we got to help out at the library. We became close with the library staff, Heidy, Noelia, Luis-Carlos...I'll miss them all w...

 
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Sergio Ramirez
2009-01-14, San Juan del Sur, Nicaragua. By: jlibrarian

On Monday night, we were invited to a dinner at Carlos Mejia Godoy's restaurant in Managua (Carlos Godoy is a very famous Nicaraguan singer). We met Sergio Ramirez, famous Nicaraguan author. He spok...

 
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bookmobiles & play days
2009-01-11, San Juan del Sur, Nicaragua. By: jlibrarian

On Thursday & Friday, we went out on the bookmobile. We loaded up the two pick-up trucks & made our way to the schools. We went to a school near La Flor on Thursday - Friday we went more inland (tho...

 
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Granada & back in SJDS
2009-01-09, San Juan del Sur, Nicaragua. By: jlibrarian

On Wednesday, we made our way back to San Juan del Sur. We ended up stopping in the beautiful city of Granada (I also visited here last trip). We had a few hours to wander around, after eating lunch...

 
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Tipitapa
2009-01-08, Tipitapa, Nicaragua. By: jlibrarian

On our drive back to Managua, we stopped at a small library in Tipitapa. I'm unsure of how the relationship between Jane/San Juan del Sur Biblioteca Movil and Tipitapa began, but it is a very strong ...

 
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A Day in the Life
2009-01-18, San Juan del Sur, Nicaragua. By: frankieboy

Here is a typical day I Nicaragua. Wake up at 5:30 or 6:00 am (its gets late early here so I like to get up and enjoy the day light hours). Read for a bit (thus far I have read Three Cups of Te...

 
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Condo
2009-01-13, San Juan del Sur, Nicaragua. By: frankieboy

Dubai I thought my site seeing days in Dubai were over but I needed to do shopping so I went to the uniquely named Dubai Mall. At the base of the Dubai Mall is the world’s tallest building called ...

 
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Another day another volcano (but I don't think I'll be a fool - no more for a while!)
2009-01-11, Rivas, Nicaragua. By: fidgi

Today I’m typing sat outside a Texaco garage on a dusty highway leading out of Rivas (this is apparently Transnica’s bus terminal here). I’ll cut straight to the chase – I’m sweaty, foul-tempered, a...

 
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About to test my sea (or lake) legs...
2009-01-09, San Jorge, Nicaragua. By: fidgi

I’ve got just about an hour to kill here in sticky, stifling San Jorge before getting some sort of transportation across Lago Nicaragua to Isla Ometepe. Hmm, decisions, decisions… Do I go with my ad...

 
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Poetry, romance and lunch served on banana leaves...
2009-01-07, Granada, Nicaragua. By: fidgi

Que buen suerte (what good luck)! The morning after I arrived in Granada and posted my last entry, I just got the feeling that this was the kind of place I’d like to stay a little longer, and somewhe...

 
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News from a new country (Nicaragua)
2009-01-04, Granada, Nicaragua. By: fidgi

Well, it’s on to Central American country number 5 now, as I briefly skipped through Honduras on a ‘Ticabus’ this morning, and have now made it to Nicaragua. The mosquitoes are nibbling away here in ...

 

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