Name the location of this backpacker mural and I’ll give you a high five
byThough I’m pretty sure they painted over him years ago, I have a hunch that his legacy lives on. If you have a memory…
Though I’m pretty sure they painted over him years ago, I have a hunch that his legacy lives on. If you have a memory…
I just discovered www.sanjuansurf.com, a new website with a truly stunning assortment of images, and looks like quite a bit of practical information as…
The description of the video is simple—”Carthage College professors lead a group of students on a trip to Nicaragua to learn about physical geography…
I thought I’d share this excellent video and news from friends in Nicaragua. Here’s the release from Rodney McDonald, Latin American director for Emergency…
In his first novel, Bernardo and the Virgin (Northwestern University Press, 2007), Silvio Sirias takes the reader to the village of Cuapa, Chontales, in…
I just saw Invictus, so sports-politics combo is on my mind. Here’s a recent piece by Granada-based journalist Tim Rogers on a related subject:…
From the sketchy Reagan-Contra files, here is a fascinating flashback to the capture of Eugene Hasenfus in Nicaragua. “Shot down Oct. 5, 1986, while…
There are plenty of movies that take the viewer to beautiful settings around the world, but there are scant few films actually about the…
New article by Zach Weisberg on living abroad in Nicaragua: A Retiring Life on the Beach in Nicaragua, Despite Risks “Some might see an…
Shannon McKenna Schmidt and Joni Rendon, the authors of Novel Destinations: Literary Landmarks from Jane Austen’s Bath to Ernest Hemingway’s Key West, have set…