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Day 33 v2: sjds Rivas managua

Sunday, 28 Feb 2016 | Views [192] | Comments [1]

Said pur goodbyes to Alba, Eddy and Oscar. Walked straight onto a chicken bus heading for Rivas...took the long way around but it was entertaining with music blaring, rocky dusty roads and school kids getting on and off. Transferred to Managua bus as ... Read more >


Day 32 v2: Fiesta

Saturday, 27 Feb 2016 | Views [173]

Power yoga with Julie then we headed to Maderas with Stine and Greg. The wind was up again today, so sand was flying everywhere. We took refuge in the bar (what you have to do really) and watched Mike and 30 others tackle some bike waves. At ... Read more >


Day 31 v2: Fun Guy

Friday, 26 Feb 2016 | Views [214]

Another lazy day, surprise! But we did get out to a cafe to read for a bit and swam out to Captain Gabriel's boat. Then met up with Gregory and Stine for some interesting conversation and grabbed a quesadilla. Stine and Gregory looked like they were ... Read more >


Day 30 v2: Happy Pizza

Thursday, 25 Feb 2016 | Views [125]

Sally yoga and pretty much relaxing for the rest of the day....sorry to be boring. We did meet up with Stine and Jane for happy hour on the beach and watched live music and dancing from local artists which was fun. Then checked out another pizza place ... Read more >


Day 29 v2: Johnny

Wednesday, 24 Feb 2016 | Views [163]

After yoga we went for breakfast and decided to go to Hermosa beach with Johnny and One Love. We both had a really great surf, Mike gave me a little push onto a wave and saw me sail through for a really long ride. We met Daniel and Matt, 2 ... Read more >


Day 28 v2: Gaby stands and surfing

Tuesday, 23 Feb 2016 | Views [236] | Comments [2]

I yogad, bought a cool ring from Auric (a shop well before its time here in SJDS), then I checked out a new cafe and discovered that to be a good writer just start by writing about your observations. I will now hand you over to guest blogger: Mike.... Read more >


Day 27 v2: Sunset hand stands

Monday, 22 Feb 2016 | Views [237] | Comments [1]

I am officially obsessed with yoga. Found a cool ring I will get tomorrow. Met mike in the street and read our books while Alba cleaned the flat and washed our clothes. Hey, we tried to ask if we could use the washer and dryer - which is behind a locked ... Read more >


Day 26 v2: Chillin'

Sunday, 21 Feb 2016 | Views [174]

Yoga with Sally, awesome chick. Sat around in the cafe for a few hours, met Jane the new home stay with Marissa. Pretty much a chilled siesta day for the rest of it....hard life huh!? We invited Stine, Marissa and Jane up for a swim and to watch the ... Read more >


Day 25 v2: Hermosa

Saturday, 20 Feb 2016 | Views [172] | Comments [1]

One Love took us to Hermosa all day. Beautiful beach, they filmed Survivor here 3 times. I got a lesson and I am turning and paddling well now, yeah! The wind to my foamy and put 2 deep dings in it...Johnny didn't know the cost, telling us "I'd ask the ... Read more >


Day 24 v2: Feliz Cumpleaños!

Friday, 19 Feb 2016 | Views [203] | Comments [1]

Mike's birthday, so we rented a moto and headed north. Stopped at a nice cafe for lunch Villa Jiquelite  run by the grandmother and we had a delightful chat with the grandson, Antonio. Said our goodbyes and got on our way for more adventure.... Read more >


Day 23 v2: Surf and Salsa

Thursday, 18 Feb 2016 | Views [199] | Comments [2]

Headed to Playa Maderas on the Casa Oro shuttle. After seeing evidence of bed bug bites on some young and innocent backpackers we googled Casa Oro with "bed bugs" in the title we found a tonne of reviews confirming that they had big issues. Glad ... Read more >


Day 22 v2: Yin and Yang

Wednesday, 17 Feb 2016 | Views [170] | Comments [1]

Vinyasa with Liz. Photo hunt today for some pix that sum up the area, think we nailed it. POD me in our lovely bay showing off my tanned bikini body. Got another great panoramic, played around on the boat and discovered a cool hotel and cafe up ... Read more >


Day 21 v2: Chicken bus

Tuesday, 16 Feb 2016 | Views [221] | Comments [1]

Mike ran, Emma checked out yoga at Casa Oro , I went to Zen and Evan enjoyed a relaxing morning reading. We walked them to the chicken bus bound for Ometepe (an island with 2 volcanos). I got all Kerry and shed a tear when we hugged goodbye. ... Read more >


Day 20 v2: Tapas

Monday, 15 Feb 2016 | Views [199]

We took Em to yoga (I really should be getting a cut from all these refferals), she loved it and POD is of her teaching Evan ostrich pose. We all had a good laugh at that. Good team effort with a balcony breakfast - sour dough, banana bread, fresh ... Read more >


Day 19 v2: Remanso

Sunday, 14 Feb 2016 | Views [246]

Introduced Ev and Em to a Simon Says breakfast. Met Stine there and decided to hire boards and jump on the One Love shuttle to Remanso. A nice 6 people in the ute today - and they left and arrived on time. Nice. High tide and wind, so waves were great ... Read more >


Day 18 v2: Oshop

Saturday, 13 Feb 2016 | Views [357] | Comments [2]

Went on a beach adventure with Oshop and school crew. They took us to 2 private beaches: Escamequita and Escameca. I forgot how much fun bodyboarding is! I'm getting one when we're home. Got a few waves on the surfboard too. They included dinner (fish ... Read more >


Day 15 v2: Feliz Hora!

Wednesday, 10 Feb 2016 | Views [212] | Comments [1]

Today's Photo of the Day (POD) is of happy hour at Vivians Restaurant . We took some much needed relaxation after class with Stina and Marissa and also met their homestay roomies Tom and Katja. I enjoyed the local Nicaraguan rum in my Pina ... Read more >


Day 14 v2: Brain Pop!

Tuesday, 9 Feb 2016 | Views [180]

Vinyasa with Cher. Found a book shop in town so we got some whiteboard markers for Cony and Martin (Para ti - for you). Will stock up with books and pencils before going to Cuba. Off to school, lots on sentence structure - verbs and nouns SO MANY ... Read more >


Day 13 v2: Escuela!

Monday, 8 Feb 2016 | Views [231] | Comments [1]

Chill session with Sally this morning. The body is really thanking me for it. Oh and the Jesus shake we had after that!!! HOLY MOLY it was the best thing I have ever tasted - well second to halumi. Chocolate sauce, peanut butter, almonds and milk. Hot ... Read more >


Day 12 v2: Sunday Funday

Sunday, 7 Feb 2016 | Views [211] | Comments [1]

Morning Vinyasa with Sally followed by a visit to  Simon Says ... which we will be heading back to for smoothies at some stage. I discovered that San Juan del Sur means 'Saint John of the South'. An event known as 'Sunday Funday Pool Crawl' ... Read more >


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