Do you ever wake up and feel like leaving the country? After rattling around northern Nicaragua for a few weeks,…
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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…
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…
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…
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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…
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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…
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…
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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…
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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…
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No Postcards from Managua
A jet clears the Yucatan peninsula and approaches the cord of land strung from North to South America. The wings descend over the lava and lakes of Nicaragua toward…
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