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How to Kill a chicken Part 1: Find a chicken

Posted on June 19, 2014 by sarah

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 A while ago my friend had offered to take me to the countryside to get a “gallina india”, one of those chickens that ranges about in the countryside, scratching for food and coming home sometimes to lay eggs. It is … Continue reading →

Posted in Nicaragua Tagged Campo, Farmers, Food, Somoto, Travel

A bitter-sweet symphony in Pearl Lagoon

Posted on May 11, 2014 by sarah

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The boat sputters and heaves against the waves. I see the front lift up and then smack down on the surface of the ocean sending a wave of bathtub-warm wáter to where I am sitting in the back of the boat, … Continue reading →

Posted in Nicaragua Tagged Coconut, Culture, Music, Nicaragua, Sweat, Travel, turtles

Semana Santa in Bluefields

Posted on May 8, 2014 by sarah

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“How much longer?” my dad asks next to me, his voice sounding slightly pained. I look over at him, wondering if he is talking in his sleep or just resting his eyes. He is jammed up against the window of … Continue reading →

Posted in Nicaragua Tagged Coconut, Festivals, History, Living, Nicaragua, Religion, Sweat, Travel

The randomness function

Posted on February 25, 2014 by sarah

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“I’m pretty sure the last bus leaves Leon at 2.” “Nahhh, there is one at 2pm and one at 3pm” “Are you sure?” “Yeah” “Sure sure?” “Yeah, my cousin asked his friend who said so.” I dug my feet into … Continue reading →

Posted in Nicaragua Tagged Travel

The unbearable strangeness of culture

Posted on February 11, 2014 by sarah

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Cultural filters are important for being able to function in a society. You have to be able to filter out the unimportant from the important and focus on that which society deems relevant. Without said cultural filters, every time I … Continue reading →

Posted in Nicaragua Tagged Culture, Music, Nicaragua, Travel

A New Year and New Beginnings

Posted on January 9, 2014 by sarah

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It is hard not to feel a sense of awe when you get to the sun pyramid at Teotihuacan. You drive from the modern day pyramids of Mexico city, glittery gold and silver and glass masses, down the valley and … Continue reading →

Posted in General, Nicaragua Tagged architecture, Beauty, Culture, History, Mexico, Mexico City, pyramids, San Miguel de Allende, Teotihuacan, Travel

The ride to El Astillero

Posted on November 15, 2013 by sarah

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I have mixed feeling about the internet, however I trust it enough to know that if you can’t find anything about a town on any kind of travellers blog or web page or travel guide it usually means one of … Continue reading →

Posted in Nicaragua Tagged driving, el astillero, Nature, Nicaragua, Travel, turtles

How not to kill a scorpion

Posted on October 16, 2013 by sarah

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Tonight was not a fun night by any standard. It started off pretty good; I went for a long late afternoon paddle up the side of the lagoon and was finally able to see my first howler monkey and on … Continue reading →

Posted in Nicaragua Tagged Laguna de Apoyo, Nicaragua, paddleboarding, scorpion, spider, things that go bang in the night, Travel

The sweet smell of Fear and Arepas.

Posted on August 3, 2012 by sarah

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“Please buckle your seatbelts as we may experience some turbulence while we descend”  the pilots voice sounds over the airplane’s intercom. I grip the seat just a little tighter and chance a look out of the window. Everywhere I can see … Continue reading →

Posted in Colombia Tagged Bogota, Colombia, Living, security, Travel

The charm of Kolkatta

Posted on April 18, 2012 by sarah

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Kolkatta. Man. What a city. Kolkatta had always been one of those cities that I knew was important and interesting but I had never had or made the opportunity to actually inform myself about it. Perhaps to my own benefit … Continue reading →

Posted in India Tagged Beauty, Language, Travel

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