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High-tops in The Commercial Jungle: The Life of a Shoe Salesman
Blog: Kiva Stories from the Field - 12 October 2011
by Jim Burke, KF16, Nicaragua Mercado Oriental spans 60 city blocks and is the largest in Central America. The market is a jungle of stalls, pushcarts, alleyways and low hanging clothes, fruits, and shoes. It’s a full sensory experience that is almost numbing in its frenetic energy. Flies on meats next to sexy new hair [...]
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Pane E Vino
Blog: Nicaragua Tourist - 11 July 2011
Hay un buen restaurante italiano en Managua, Nicaragua llamado ‘Pane E Vino’. Tienen un menú bastante completo de selecciones de la cucina italiana. Además hay una excelente seleccion de vinos. Yo probé dos tipos de gnocchi – 4 quesos y tomate natural. Los dos eran bastante buenos y me gustó especialmente lo de tomate natural. [...]
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The Long Journey – From Granada to Roatan via Managua
Blog: Viva Latin America! - 11 May 2011
We knew this trip was never going to be too much fun as we would be traversing the width of the continent, but thanks to the Tica Bus, it could have been a lot worse. We were starting from Granada which isn’t the jumping off point for the Tica bus, so in the afternoon we [...]
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>Flayers Hamburgers
Blog: Nicaragua Tourist - 16 February 2011
> If you want absolutely the best burger in Nicaragua, go to Flayers on the highway between Managua and Masaya. That is a ton of meat for C$69.50 ($3.16) and ice cold beers and cokes. You can’t beat it! Si querés la mejor hamburguesa de Nicaragua, andate a Flayers, carretera entre Managua [...]
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Sea Turtles: Egg Guardians From The Military
Blog: The Travel Tart - Offbeat Tales From A Travel Addict - 15 November 2010
Today’s Funny Travel Photo is of the Sea Turtles and their Military Egg Guardians. It’s from Annabel Candy from Get In The Hot Spot. Unfortunately, these solider’s are needed to protect the Sea Turtle Eggs from poachers who want to steal them and sell them as a potential aphrodisiac.
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The World of Filters
Blog: Kiva Stories from the Field - 9 September 2010
By Dan Tulchin, KF12, Nicaragua Living in the developed world, we become accustomed to convenient filters that give us what we want, sidestepping some unpleasant truths. Meat is a delicious hamburger with fixings in a toasty bun, for example, and not the carcass at the neighborhood carnicería with flies swarming around it. Clean, potable water is just a slight turn of the wrist away while disposing of waste requires tossing garbage bags on the street or pushing down ever so firmly on the toilet lever.
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Man, oh Managua
Blog: Joe's Trippin' - 11 August 2010
I guess one could get caught in a trap of capital prejudiced. That is to say after visiting (or just hearing about) the capital cities in Central America, one might think they're all the same.
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Aeropuerto de Managua, Nicaragua <<<—–>>> Airport in Managua, Nicaragua
Blog: Nicaragua Tourist - 26 July 2010
In the Managua, Nicaragua airport, there are a number of traveler friendly services and amenities available. There is a free Wi-Fi connection throughout the airport. ATMs available: Banpro, Bancentro and BAC. You can get local currency (córdobas) or dollars. Souvenirs: Nicaraguan coffee, chocolate, lobster and beef, jewelry, magazines and local crafts. Food Court: an impressive [...]
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Pizza Hut
Blog: Nicaragua Tourist - 29 June 2010
Pizza Hut tiene una oferta “Almuerzos 2 de 4″ que consiste en elegir entre una variedad de ensaladas, pastas, entradas y postres por un precio fijo: $4.50 (no incluye bebidas). Hay varios Pizza Hut en Managua, Nicaragua: Metrocentro (frente al catedral), Metrocentro (food court), Plaza Inter (food court), Bello Horizonte, El Guanacaste (contiguo a la [...]
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Nelson Porta’s Santa Lucía Steakhouse/Santa Lucía Steakhouse de Nelson Porta
Blog: Nicaragua Tourist - 1 April 2010
We went to Nelson Porta’s Culinary Institute restaurant a few days ago…called Santa Lucía Steakhouse. It’s located at Km. 8, Carretera a Masaya, 1ra entrada de Las Colinas, 1 c. al este. He definitely has a nice idea going and if you combine it with the current special, it was tremendous. They [...]
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Nica signage/Rótulos a la Nica
Blog: Nicaragua Tourist - 30 March 2010
As you may know, it is common in Nicaragua to drop the ’s’ in many words. For example, “¿Cómo está[s]? Bien, ¿y vo[s]?” Sometimes the spoken word influences the written word in this constantly evolving literary paradise. “Allí tá. La floritería.” Como es sabido, es común en Nicaragua no pronunciar la [...]
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Who is ADIM anyway?
Blog: Kiva Stories from the Field - 27 March 2010
ADIM is The Alternative Association for the Integral Development of Women, ADIM is one field partner in Nicaragua who works with Kiva – choosing borrowers, taking their pictures, collecting repayments… all the stuff going on behind the scenes, ADIM is an awesome microfinance institution, and I’m not the only one who thinks so… In 2009 ASOMIF (The Nicaraguan Association [...]
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The Case for Nicaragua
Blog: Kiva Stories from the Field - 12 January 2010
By Victoria Kabak, KF9, Nicaragua As I finish up my placement as a Kiva Fellow in Nicaragua, there is one question that I didn’t know the answer to when I arrived and that still confounds me three months later. Why isn’t Nicaragua a more “popular” country to lend to on Kiva? The average time to fund a [...]
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Childbearing at a Young Age in Nicaragua–At What Price?
Blog: Kiva Stories from the Field - 19 December 2009
By Victoria Kabak, KF9, Nicaragua I try not to play favorites, but this week I met my favorite borrower. The borrowers I’ve liked the most so far have been those who are particularly friendly, have particularly interesting things to say, or give me food. Kenia fell into that first category, and I really enjoyed talking both [...]
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Three Interesting Borrowers
Blog: Kiva Stories from the Field - 11 December 2009
By Victoria Kabak, KF9, Nicaragua Last week I met three borrowers who struck me as particularly interesting, each for a different reason. All three have been thought-provoking and have stuck with me over the course of the week. In their own way, each of the three represented a unique experience for me. Even though I’d been [...]
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Pineapple, Plantains, Pitahaya…Oh My!
Blog: Kiva Stories from the Field - 1 December 2009
By Victoria Kabak, KF9, Nicaragua Since arriving in Nicaragua for my Kiva Fellowship about two months ago, my time here has been marked by a range of new experiences. I have become surprisingly adept at pouring juice from a plastic bag into a glass. I am intimately familiar with the smell of burning garbage, the most [...]
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‘Tis Someone’s Season To Be Jolly
Blog: Kiva Stories from the Field - 19 November 2009
By Victoria Kabak, KF9, Nicaragua As the holiday season fast approaches, I imagine many of you back at home are starting to make lists (checking them twice?) of presents or of people you’re going to buy presents for or even of presents you hope someone else gets you. It’s no secret that businesses in the United [...]
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Managua airport/aeropuerto de Managua
Blog: Nicaragua Tourist - 17 November 2009
You will probably be pleasantly surprised upon arrival at the airport in Managua, Nicaragua. It has been overhauled in the past few years and is quite modern, complete with full services for travelers. There is free WiFi throughout the airport. There are some good duty free stores in the luggage pickup area. [...]
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Intermezzo del Bosque
Blog: Nicaragua Tourist - 13 November 2009
intermezzodelbosque@gmail.comwww.intermezzodelbosque.com2271-14288883-0071 Tuesday (martes) to Friday (viernes) 5-11 p.m.Saturday (sábado) 1p.m.-11 p.m.Sunday (domingo) 1 p.m.-7 p.m. We went to eat last night at Intermezzo del Bosque. It’s got the best view of Managua of any restaurant I have been to. Also, it’s delightfully fresh and cool because it’s at the top of the small mountains that border Managua [...]
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A Slice of the Pie
Blog: Kiva Stories from the Field - 5 November 2009
By Victoria Kabak, KF9, Nicaragua Before I left for my placement as a Kiva Fellow in Nicaragua, I was browsing my microfinance institution’s web site, trying to see what I could learn from it and to familiarize myself with the organization, AFODENIC, a bit more. I clicked on a link in the left sidebar called “Fuentes [...]
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Where The Streets Have No Names
Blog: Kiva Stories from the Field - 21 October 2009
By Victoria Kabak, KF9, Nicaragua In one of our training sessions for the 9th class of Kiva Fellows at the end of September, a staffer told us that we might be living and working during our fellowships in places without street signs–because the streets are unnamed. He described how, in small towns, a direction might be [...]
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Nicaragua – Granada
Blog: Around The World On The Toilet - 4 July 2009
Our time in Nicaragua flew by and all of sudden we are sitting on a plane on our way home wondering how our time went by so quickly. Nicaragua was a fascinating place to visit and since neither of us had ever been to Central America before this was kindof like jumping right into the [...]
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A $62 Million Dollar Mistake
Blog: Kiva Stories from the Field - 17 June 2009
The cancellation of funds and an expanding economic crisis has left the majority of Nicaragua’s poor without a support system.
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Nicaragua
Blog: Patrick and Katrina do the Globe - 21 July 2008
After deciding it had been much too long since we had left the country, we settled on a brief weekend trip to Nicaragua. Upon arrival at Logan we were joined at the American ticket counter by the New England Revolution who were on their way to LA for an upcoming match. While our flights were uneventful that day (the way we like it!), we found out on the news later that the Revolution were not as lucky.
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