Central American Adventure

Gallery: Granada and New Pals

NICARAGUA | Friday, 5 Dec 2008 | Photo Gallery

Gallery: End of Term Celebration

NICARAGUA | Friday, 5 Dec 2008 | Photo Gallery

Gallery: Around the house and barrio

NICARAGUA | Friday, 5 Dec 2008 | Photo Gallery

Gallery: My Family and Other Animals!

NICARAGUA | Friday, 5 Dec 2008 | Photo Gallery

Gallery: San Francisco

USA | Thursday, 4 Dec 2008 | Photo Gallery

Mission on

NICARAGUA | Friday, 28 Nov 2008 | Views [669] | Comments [5]

I am preparing to leave Managua and the kind hospitality of Paul and his family.  I am abandoning my plans to travel to the Corn Islands due to bad weather and instead am embarking on a one week Spanish Language Course in the old colonial town of Granada.... Read more >

Eight Legged Freaks!

NICARAGUA | Friday, 21 Nov 2008 | Views [731] | Comments [6]

OMFG! Doing the washing up when a HUGE FREAKING FREAKING FREAK FREAK of a TARATULA scarpered up the wall in front of me.  Now those of you who are accustomed to my seemingly unneccessary phobias will tell you that I am prone to exaggeration when I speak ... Read more >

Help! Shaved Eyebrows!?

NICARAGUA | Sunday, 16 Nov 2008 | Views [949] | Comments [4]

Am in Esteli in the North of Nicaragua for the day and a night.  We are visiting an activist friend of Paul's who works at an adult education centre, pottery and all sorts of things.  On the way up here we stopped at another friend of Paul's who is ... Read more >

Gallery: Managua

NICARAGUA | Friday, 14 Nov 2008 | Photo Gallery

Arrival in Managua

NICARAGUA | Wednesday, 12 Nov 2008 | Views [1013] | Comments [10]

Ok here goes . . . After almost a week of swanning round San Francisco eating, eating and er eating and doing a lot of walking, I have made it to Managua, the capital of Nicaragua.  The rainy season has just about ended though there is talk of a ... Read more >