 | Work and Week 3
2007-05-26, Leon, Nicaragua. By: hreimer | | Week 3 went much better than week 2. I’m still a little homesick, but I’m feeling much better physically. I have never been that sick in my entire life. It was utterly miserable, so I’m glad that’s... |
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 | Lake Nicaragua
2007-05-20, Lago de Nicaragua, Nicaragua. By: hreimer | | Our last stop of the day was Lake Nicaragua. It, again, was absolutely beautiful – everything here is. We took a boat tour of the islands within the lake, which was incredibly cool. The lake is hug... |
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| Buying Pottery
2007-05-20, San Juan de Oriente, Nicaragua. By: hreimer | | We stopped to buy pottery at San Juan Oriente and met a family of artists. They showed us how they make the pottery and even let us try to make some ourselves. I made a very sad lopsided bowl which ... |
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| Lunch and the Lago de Apoyo
2007-05-20, Laguna De Apoyo, Nicaragua. By: hreimer | | We drove to the district of Carazo for lunch. Nicaragua is split into different districts, which each have a “president”, which is probably more like a governor. The district of Carazo is home to th... |
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| Masaya Volcano
2007-05-20, Masaya, Nicaragua. By: hreimer | | Today I got an incredible experience, or set of experiences. I’m going to split them into different updates, so the different places will show up on the map.
After getting up at 5 am (yeah, I really ... |
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 | A Bad Week - Week 2
2007-05-19, Leon, Nicaragua. By: hreimer | | So I’ve officially been here two weeks today. Yesterday it hit me hard – the homesickness, and realization that this is life for the next 2 ½ months. My Spanish doesn’t seem to be getting better, my ... |
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| Returning to Normal Life
2007-05-14, Leon, Nicaragua. By: hreimer | | It was hard to get back into the normal routine today. For some reason, I was completely exhausted. And did I mention my sunburn? You know how sometimes a sunburn takes a little while to show up? ... |
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 | La Playa
2007-05-13, Las Peñitas, Nicaragua. By: hreimer | | As I write this, I’m laying in a gently swaying hammock, looking out at the ocean, listening to Thelonious Monk - quite possibly one of the greatest jazz musicians ever...(look up his cd, “The Art of ... |
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 | Life In Leon
2007-05-11, Leon, Nicaragua. By: hreimer | | Well, I’ve been here about a week, so I figured I should post an update on how things are going. The flights down were horrible. The flying wasn’t so bad, but my ears decided to plug up on the fligh... |
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| Arrived Safely
2007-05-05, Managua, Nicaragua. By: hreimer | | We arrived safely in Managua this evening. I´ll stay here tonight with my professor and the other students, as well a lawyer who is on our trip. Tomorrow morning I´ll take a taxi to Leon, the town w... |
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 | From Costa Rica to Nicaragua
2007-05-05, Granada, Nicaragua. By: nutanp | | So sorry to those who have asked why I haven't written in a minute; I don't mean to make anyone worry, it has just been increasingly inconvenient to get to a proper Internet connection for an extended... |
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 | Rum distilleries...
2007-04-18, Managua, Nicaragua. By: dinitick | | Hey, so Joel and I just went to the Flor de Cana rum distillery and it was incredible! From the molasses dump to the control room(which monitors everything from temperature to alcohol content) to the... |
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 | Back to work at the factory!
2007-02-06, Managua, Nicaragua. By: faernyn | | I flew in this moring on a fairly nice flight to Managua. I met an Italian film crew that was doing a documentary on humanitarian projects in Central America. They were interested in this one, but t... |
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| Paradise!
2007-02-06, Little Corn Island, Nicaragua. By: faernyn | | I imagine that anybody who has written a travel journal about Corn Island has titled it 'Paradise', so I'm pulling no punches in orginality here. People, people.. I can't believe that I have been to ... |
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| Motorcycle
2007-01-31, Mulukuku, Nicaragua. By: faernyn | | Okay, you knew this was coming, eh?
We're at the medical clinic and there is a honda XL 200.. which is the same bike that I (eh-um) wrecked on but with an electric start. But.. it has a flat tir... |
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| Tuno
2007-02-02, Puerto Cabezas, Nicaragua. By: faernyn | | So, now I'm a bit current on matters, although I know, especially once the pictures arrive, that I will elaborate where I see fit at a later date...
Today I hurried to get to Corn Island only to fi... |
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| Disjointed
2007-02-02, Mulukuku, Nicaragua. By: faernyn | | Well, I'm in Puerto Cabezas now, which is on the Atlantic coast, and the first time I've been around technology for some time now. The stories that follow may be a bit out of time from eachother as I... |
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| Boaco
2007-01-27, Managua, Nicaragua. By: faernyn | | Today I´m in Boaco on a very finikey keyboard with not much time, so i´ll make this short and sweet. Yesterday we met Heime (founder of Groupo Fenix)who explores remote regions that need water and in... |
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| Bye Bye!
2007-01-24, Managua, Nicaragua. By: faernyn | | So I pick up the phone this morning and its none other than Joseph Marino, President of DC Power Systems in Northern California. He is interested in our Solar Project in Nueva Vida. I would back tha... |
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 | Volcano boarding?
2006-08-16, Leon, Nicaragua. By: aloden | | So after leaving Steve in Managua, I cried a bit and then decided I need to move on with my life. I hopped on a bus up to the town of Leon where I had heard that you can surf a volcano. Arriving in ... |
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 | As luck would have it...
2006-08-13, Granada, Nicaragua. By: aloden | | taking a rest from surfing we decided to head to Granada, which is just an hour away from the airport where i have to fly out of tomorrow. a pleasant little colonial town, but today was not like most... |
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 | 4 days of surfing
2006-08-12, San Juan del Sur, Nicaragua. By: aloden | | the last four days have been filled with surfing. after andrew´s claims that he would bet his life on himself being able to stand up on his first wave proved erronious, we decided that we´d better mo... |
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 | Bus, bus, bus, taxi, bus, volcano, bus, and.....beach
2006-08-09, San Juan del Sur, Nicaragua. By: aloden | | At the Cartagena airport, we noticed that there were quite a few drug dogs walking around. I started asking the army guy in the customs line about them and he wondered why I was so curious. But he w... |
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 | Knockin' down a drunk Nicaraguan
2006-02-26, Sabalos, Nicaragua. By: manana | | Excuse me...? Is this really happening on my last day in Centro America? Here is the story... After getting up and having breakfast I decided to go to the village of Sabalos to get some groceries. Not... |
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