Isla de Ometepe, Nicaragua Destination Guide
Isla de Ometepe, Nicaragua: Managua to Ometepe is 130 km, the island is a paradise very much worth visiting for deserted beaches, volcanoes and fun.
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What Do You Get From Traveling?
The Reality of Travel: Life Changing, Hard, but Something We Can All Do By Becky Evens I have traveled a lot. I have been to 70 countries and lived in 12 cities, (in 8 different countries). 13 if you count moving to Toronto twice. I find immense joy in planning my next adventure, updating my…
Nicaragua: Dress Sharp Downtown, and More Advice
Tips on visiting Nicaragua: dress sharp when you’re downtown, and some advice about trips to Ometepe and Little Corn Islands, as well as general info.
Nicaragua: A Closer Look
The Most Surprising Country in Central America: Nicaragua By Claudia Tavani As I observed the people sitting around the patio of their modest home in Balgüe, on the island of Ometepe, and saw how they cheerfully played the guitar for their Christmas celebrations, I realized I was in love with Nicaragua. It was not just…
Eating in Mexico: Pork is Everywhere!
Gluten-Free and Muslim Eating: In Mexico. Despite what many servers will tell you, there is pork inside almost everything cooked in Mexico, it’s a challenge
Elbows In, Knees Together: Volcano Boarding in Nicaragua
By Anna-Claire Bevan I thought you needed water, waves, and a wetsuit to surf. I was wrong. When I first arrived in Nicaragua, I’d never heard of volcano boarding and thought it would be enough of a feat to scale a volcano, let alone hurtle down one on a wooden plank minutes after having reached…
Undress Me in the Temple of Heaven
Undress Me in the Temple of Heaven: Insanity and Adventure in the Glory Days of Backpacking By Kathleen Broadhurst Not every story has a happy ending and not every journey goes as planned. Susan Jane Gilman knows this better than most and in Undress Me in the Temple of Heaven she shares her outrageous backpacking…
Oh! Mexico Review
One Hot Tamale Filled with Page-Turning Fun By Kathleen Broadhurst Hot like salsa, smooth like tequila and romantic as a moonlit serenade, Lucy Neville’s Oh! Mexico is a wonderful literary trip into the heart of Mexico City. When Lucy graduates college she finds herself not quiet ready for what some would call the ‘real world’….
Religious Cruises Find a Niche Among Believers
a profile of many cruising options available for religious and spiritual themed cruises including Christian, Jewish and New Age
Moon Handbooks Nicaragua
 Why so Many travelers are discovering this “Black Sheep of Central America” By Joshua Berman and Randy Wood Nicaragua, the black sheep of Central America, is sorely misunderstood in the world. Since disappearing from the headlines in the early 1990s, life in Nicaragua has moved steadily forward, leaving behind in the rest of the…