| | |  | 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... |
| | | |  | 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 ... |
| | | | | 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 ... |
| | | |  | 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... |
| | | |  | 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... |
| | | |  | 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... |
| | | |  | 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... |
| | | | | | | | |  | Thinking of Joe Strummer ....
2007-11-30, Leon, Nicaragua. By: cbr600f | | .... and The Clash album ¨Sandinista !¨ .... can´t help but do anything else whilst here in Leon, a FSLN stronghold and one of the homes of the Sandinista movement. In fact Anastasio Somoza Garcia, th... |
| | | | | Living in a Developing Country
2007-07-12, Leon, Nicaragua. By: hreimer | | Actually, I should say, a Least Developed Country, meaning a country where the per capita income is less than $1000 per year. There have been some interesting moments, like when the 19 year old docto... |
| | | |  | Leon, my Home Away from Home
2007-07-11, Leon, Nicaragua. By: hreimer | | As my time in Nicaragua is winding down, I wanted to pay tribute to my hometown for the last three months – Leon. I couldn’t have picked a better place to live if I had tried. I absolutely love Leon... |
| | | |  | Watch out for the Buses…They Don’t Stop!
2007-07-07, Leon, Nicaragua. By: hreimer | | School was out for vacation this week, so I filled up my time with all kinds of tourist activities. I took a rooftop tour of the Cathedral here in Leon, which happens by the way, to be the largest ca... |
| | | | | Most “________” Moments Abroad
2007-06-27, Leon, Nicaragua. By: hreimer | | You know they say, “when in Rome…”, meaning that when you’re in a foreign place you should do as the locals do. Well, I’ve been trying, but I’ve had some “moments” of complete stupidity and embarrass... |
| | | |  | FAQ: Comida
2007-07-01, Leon, Nicaragua. By: hreimer | | So, by far the most Frequently Asked Question that I get is: What do you eat? So for all of you who have been wondering but never asked, and for those of you I never answered, and for those of you wh... |
| | | | | And Then The Cockroaches Came
2007-06-07, Leon, Nicaragua. By: hreimer | | So since the fumigation, the spiders have been fairly under control. A few spiders have taken up residence in the top corners of my room, but I’ve decided to strike a truce with them, as long as they... |
| | | | | Funny Stories
2007-05-31, Leon, Nicaragua. By: hreimer | | I’ve had a few funny stories over the past couple weeks that I thought I should share, so here they are…
The Shoe Story
So after phoning a friend and answering some e-mails on Saturday, I decide... |
| | | | | Regarding the Spider (and Ant) Infestation
2007-05-29, Leon, Nicaragua. By: hreimer | | So many of you who know me well (or not so well), probably know that I have a severe case of Arachnophobia. If you don’t know, let me explain just a little bit of my extreme neurosis. In college, my... |
| | | |  | 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... |
| | | | | 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 ... |
| | | | | 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? ... |
| | | |  | 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... |
| | | |  | 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 ... |
| | | |  | A just can´t leave Leon
2005-10-28, Leon, Nicaragua. By: scottr128 | | Hola
Long long time since I have written. Sorry about that but I have just gotten sort of sucked into life in Leon, Nicaragua plus there hasn´t been a ton going on here. With that said things are... |
| | | |  | Revolution town
2003-04-12, Leon, Nicaragua. By: stefnflo | | We left Ometepe with a rougher lake then the day we came. The lancha
(wooden ferry) was a mad rollercoaster ride, and as alway people start
to eat tortillas and other smelly food when in public tr... |
| | | |  | Nicaragua and the road to León
2002-12-14, Leon, Nicaragua. By: subdude | | I left Comayagua, Honduras
in the morning, headed for the capital Tegucigalpa. The
Christmas tree in the park had a giant Coke sign on top
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