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Leon, Nicaragua Wishes You Were Here
Blog: Suzy Guese - 18 February 2011
This week’s Wish You Were Here post comes from The Globetrottergirls. The Globetrottergirls are German-American couple Dani and Jessica who balance a digital nomad lifestyle of full-time work and travel. In April 2010 the girls traded their London apartment to travel the world indefinitely and work from a hammock as often as possible. Be sure [...]
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Enjoying the sunset at Las Peñitas
Blog: Itinerant Londoner - 31 January 2011
Any Americans reading this who are looking for an unusual and varied short break could do a hell of a lot worse than visit Leon, Nicaragua. It’s only a couple of hours by bus from Managua airport, and in the … Continue reading →
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My kingdom for a donkey
Blog: Itinerant Londoner - 24 January 2011
After the last couple of years I figured I was pretty fit for hiking. I’d prepared for my round the world trip with various hikes in the UK’s national parks, culminating in a nice 26 mile day-hike through the Yorkshire … Continue reading →
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How to get down a volcano the easy way
Blog: Itinerant Londoner - 17 January 2011
Before my round the world trip, there was only two things I knew about Nicaragua: that it grew coffee, and was famous for the long conflict between the Sandinistas and the Contras. After spending three months in Central America in … Continue reading →
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Lovely Leon
Blog: Itinerant Londoner - 10 January 2011
After a very long day of travel from London, via Miami & Managua, we arrived in Leon on my birthday, and I was determined to celebrate that (and the fact the I’d survived my first four months back at work … Continue reading →
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Day 27: My stomach feels fine.. for real??
Blog: Diaries of a Vagabonding Couple - 15 March 2010
Spending the afternoon chilling at Las Penitas Woke up this morning feeling relieved than ever. No stomach ache, no diarrhea. Whew. I shouldn't have chowed down that piece of meat last night. Lanquin Phil was in town yesterday, and we chilled in the evening together, taking a walk around Leon watching the locals spend their Sunday night. We hung out back at the hostel afterwards and soon
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Day 26: Ever thought about boarding down an active volcano??
Blog: Diaries of a Vagabonding Couple - 15 March 2010
Well.. you can here in Nicaragua! Volcano boarding was developed over 4 years ago on Cerro Negro, a charcoal black cinder volcano standing proudly at an elevation of 728m. Cerro Negro is active, with its last major eruption in 1999 spewing so much ash it covered the town of Leon (where we are staying), 25km away. We reached the top of Cerro Negro after a 45 min hike, struggling to stand ground
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Day 24: Our longest stretch on the road yet..
Blog: Diaries of a Vagabonding Couple - 15 March 2010
At the Honduras - Nicaragua border 2 days, 3 border crossings, and 936 km later, with an overnight in El Salvador and passing through Honduras this morning, we've finally landed in Leon, Nicaragua. 24hr door-to-door journey from Toronto > Hong Kong looks a piece of cake compared to this!! March 4: 0700 - depart Panajachel 1000 - arrive Guatemala City 1300 - depart Guatemala City 1630 - exit
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Las Penitas – Some Serious Surf
Blog: Viva Latin America! - 25 November 2009
Everyone goes on about how good Nicaragua is for surfing, so much so that I really feel that I might have to try to give it a go at some point. It wasn’t going to be on this beach trip, but I did experience what it was that is supposed to make these waves so [...]
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Leon – Impressions
Blog: Viva Latin America! - 21 November 2009
It’s hot. That was impression number one. This was what I thought all of Central America would be like, before I checked the altitudes and realised that I should have brought my jeans, after all. But it’s summer-dress-and-sandals-hot here, and sunny and beautiful. It’s also kind of classy, in a shabby-chic way. Leon used to be the [...]
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