My husband and I work in resort real estate. Most of our projects have been in California. We were hoping to be reassigned to Central or South America. I knew…
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Tag Archives: Travel
On Rosetta Stone and Impromptu Emigration
Do you ever wake up and feel like leaving the country? After rattling around northern Nicaragua for a few weeks, I had an unprecedented bout of early-morning initiative. I decided…
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Going Beyond the Guidebook
My guidebook and I are on the outs. So far, in my current location of Estelí, Nicaragua, it has provided me with bad directions to a hostel, two restaurants, a…
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On Cowboys, Domesticated Waterfowl, and the Sounds of the Eighties
It’s the height of the dry season and the city of Estelí is parched and hot. In the flat light of midday the sprawling, one-story town would appear monochrome, like…
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A History Lesson in Three Dimensions
I liked the city of Leon instantly. The former capital of Nicaragua is a college town in a colonial setting, full of youthful energy, and home to a sophisticated art…
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Real Travel in San Juan del Sur
San Juan del Sur was a sleepy fishing town before it was discovered by vacationers from nearby Granada. Owing to its proximity to some of Nicaragua’s best breaks, surfers followed,…
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Meeting new friends
For our 40th wedding anniversary my wife commented that “walking on the Great Wall of China” was on her “bucket list”. We purchased Rosetta Stone Chinese and planned our trip.…
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Sur la Plage du Biarritz
Sur la Plage du Biarritz” — the phrase I most remembered from my high school French grammar book many semesters ago. Fast forward a few decades – I’m invited to…
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Exploring Granada’s Isletas
In my first few days in Nicaragua I’ve gotten to know the lodge owner Gustavo, a biologist by training who moved here from Costa Rica for a change of career…
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Thai-American Young Woman Reconnects with her Family
My mother is from Thailand, yet she never taught me Thai. This was a difficult challenge for me when I was finally able to meet my older estranged sister in…
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