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Granada Nicaragua Las Isletas – Travel Video Ep. 20
Blog: Two Backpackers - 9 January 2012
Watch More Adventure Travel Videos Enjoy a boat tour of millionaire homes on Lake Nicaragua through an HD adventure travel video from 2 Backpackers, Jason and Aracely Castellani, while visiting Granada, Nicaragua. In travel video episode #20, we tour Las Isletas and Monkey Island on Lake Nicaragua. Enjoy the show! Nicaragua Travel – Granada Granada’s [...]
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Advertising Latin Style – Travel Video Clip 6
Blog: Two Backpackers - 5 January 2012
Watch More Adventure Travel Videos After traveling throughout Central America and South America, we have experienced our share of unique cultural norms in Latin America, one of which includes putting home speakers on your car and advertising loudly through the streets. This wasn’t an occasional site, it was a frequent site, often advertising for events, [...]
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60 Tips from Kiva Fellows
Blog: Kiva Stories from the Field - 30 December 2011
Compiled by Kate Bennett, KF16 Peru The sixteenth class of Kiva Fellows has all but left the field- but we're by no means done talking about our experiences. We've collectively spent 422 weeks in the field (just over 8 years!) and worked an estimated 16,650 hours at Kiva field partners around the world.
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Zip-Lining & Surfing in San Juan del Sur Nicaragua – Travel Video Ep. 17
Blog: Two Backpackers - 12 December 2011
Watch More Adventure Travel Videos Surf lesson tips and a zip-lining canopy tour through an HD adventure travel video from 2 Backpackers, Jason and Aracely Castellani, while visiting San Juan del Sur, Nicaragua. In travel video episode #17, take our video camera high above the forest canopy to share some incredible views and fast flying [...]
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Update from the Field: Adapting for Borrowers by Borrowers, Microinsurance +SKFL
Blog: Kiva Stories from the Field - 28 November 2011
Compiled by Jim Burke, KF16, Nicaragua This week’s Fellows Blog focuses on adaptability: Adapting microinsurance to poor households in Indonesia, an MFI in Turkey adapts to the needs of women entrepreneurs, a multifaceted borrower in Nepal adapts to market pressures, and a Kiva Fellow adapts to changing expectations. In a continuation of The Stuff Kiva [...]
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Stuff Kiva Fellows Like #10-17
Blog: Kiva Stories from the Field - 26 November 2011
Compiled by Jim Burke, KF16, Nicaragua We are Kiva Fellows. This is the stuff we like. Here is an insider (often critical, or satirical but always true!) view of what it means to be a Kiva Fellow and promote access to financial services around the world. From party crashing to bazaars to street food, these [...]
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To Kiva Fellow or not to Kiva Fellow. Eso e’ la pregunta.
Blog: Kiva Stories from the Field - 21 November 2011
By Robert Gradoville, KF16, Peru Should I become a Kiva Fellow? I imagine a lot of the Stories From The Field blog followers have considered applying to the Fellowship, or have wondered what the comparison is between the Kiva Fellows Program to similar volunteer or development programs abroad. This may include the Peace Corps, overseas research grants, overseas workshops on topics in development, Fulbright Fellowships, Rotary Scholarships, and possibly service-learning trips if you are currently students. The list goes on and on.
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Update from the Field: New Products in Microfinance, Over-Indebtedness + Transparency
Blog: Kiva Stories from the Field - 15 November 2011
Compiled by Kathrin Gerner, KF16, Rwanda This week on the Kiva fellows blog, start out by learning about three new microfinance products - microinsurance in Indonesia, higher education loans in the Philippines and green and water loans in Kenya. Continue on to Nepal to admire the handiwork of artisan borrowers. Make your way to Ecuador to find out more about the risk of indebtedness. Share the fellows' personal experiences with the recent elections in Nicaragua and rush hour traffic in Uganda.
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Red and Black to Pink, Peace and Love: The Reign of Daniel
Blog: Kiva Stories from the Field - 12 November 2011
By Jim Burke, KF16, Nicaragua Daniel Ortega just won a landslide victory to be reelected president of the Republic of Nicaragua.The elections have been wrought with controversy. Human rights groups, opposition parties and the international community doubt the authenticity and transparency of the elections and many citizens feel the elections where robbed by Ortega. Nobody [...]
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Cárdenas, Rivas
Blog: Nicaragua Tourist - 1 November 2011
We spent the week in Cárdenas, Rivas. It’s a quaint little fishing town on the south edge of Nicaragua (and Lake Nicaragua – which is the tenth largest lake in the world). There are some really nice views of Ometepe. Interestingly enough, Costa Rica is just a stone’s throw away, the border being separated by [...]
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Hacienda Iguana
Blog: Nicaragua Tourist - 1 November 2011
We spent a couple of days at Casa Marisombra in the Hacienda Iguana Golf & Beach Club in Tola, Nicaragua. Hacienda Iguana is a gated community with 24-hour security on one of the excellent beach areas that Nicaragua offers. Most of the houses are privately owned. Many are available for weekly and monthly rentals. There [...]
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Home cooked lunch in Nicaragua/Almuerzo casero en Nicaragua
Blog: Nicaragua Tourist - 21 October 2011
We had a nice home cooked meal in Nancimí, Rivas, Nicaragua. It consisted of chicken (cooked in olive oil and basil), slightly refried beans, fried green plantains (called tostones), a salad made of tomato, onion, cilantro and lime juice, rice and some nice ice-cold Coca-Cola to wash it down. One of the simple and delicious [...]
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San Cristobal volcano – Chinandega, Nicaragua
Blog: Nicaragua Tourist - 15 October 2011
The San Cristobal volcano is the tallest active volcano in Nicaragua (5725 feet above sea level). It’s crater measures some 1,640 feet wide. It’s a beautiful site from afar because of its almost perfect symetry. With San Cristobal being only one in a long chain of volcanos, Nicaragua is fittingly names “the land of lakes [...]
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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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Stuff Kiva Fellows Like
Blog: Kiva Stories from the Field - 7 October 2011
Compiled by Jim Burke, KF16, Nicaragua We are Kiva Fellows. This is the stuff we like. Here is an insider (often critical, or satirical but always true!) view of what it means to be a Kiva Fellow and promote access to financial services around the world. From alpaca fur to FSSs to ziplock bags, these [...]
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Update from the Field: Starting Capital, Development Levels + Adventurous Borrower Visits
Blog: Kiva Stories from the Field - 26 September 2011
Compiled by Kathrin Gerner, KF16, Rwanda This week on the Kiva fellows blog, start your journey in Indonesia and read about some early lessons of a Kiva fellow.
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Borrower Verification–Part II (Mom, I Don’t Feel So Well)
Blog: Kiva Stories from the Field - 25 September 2011
“80% certainty is pretty good”, I thought, as I sent the information to Kiva’s home office in San Francisco. “Yea, pretty good. But is it good enough?” Would it be good enough for you? (excerpt taken from Part I of Borrower Verification) In a word….no. That is, it wasn’t good enough. Again, it’s not that anyone was making unfounded accusations or looking for something that wasn’t there.
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Borrower Verification–Part 1 (Locked Out)
Blog: Kiva Stories from the Field - 24 September 2011
Borrower Verification. Anyone who considers them-self to be a regular visitor to the Kiva Fellows Blog has most likely come across this topic on more than one occasion. It’s a common task to check off on the official TO-DO LIST of the average Fellow, and I, as a current member of the group, am no exception. Since most of us cringe ever so subtly at the sound of such titles as “auditor” or “microfinance cop”, however, we seem to try to put a more positive spin on the whole idea. After all, who wants to dwell on the shady side of the industry?
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Updates from the Field: Loan Sharks, Snapshots + “the Country with a Smile”
Blog: Kiva Stories from the Field - 29 August 2011
Each Kiva borrower enjoys his or her own borrower profile page. We've all seen these pages: they acquaint us with the borrower's story, plans for the future, country, and a photo in their business or home. Borrower profiles present us with a clear snapshot of the ebbs and flows of a borrower's life.
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One Dollar Per Day, A Beginner’s Guide (Part 2)
Blog: Kiva Stories from the Field - 17 August 2011
By Jason Jones, Kiva Fellow (Nicaragua) This is the second in a two-part series. To read Part 1, please follow this link. ........So what does a life based upon one dollar (or 1 and a quarter or two) per day really look like? That’s mainly what I ask myself. Beyond that, how does one go about living on one dollar per day? Could I personally live on one or two dollars per day? In all fairness, I should probably say that I’ve never actually tried, nor do I have any real desire to do so (I suspect I’m not alone on that one).
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Hong Kong Chinese restaurant
Blog: Nicaragua Tourist - 15 August 2011
We were in Chinandega, Nicaragua last week and visited an old favorite: the Hong Kong Chinese restaurant. It’s one of two Chinese restaurants in Chinandega (Corona de Oro was the old standby until the owner of this one moved from Honduras to Nicaragua. She brought her brother from China and their business took off!) You [...]
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Italianissimo
Blog: Nicaragua Tourist - 26 July 2011
We went with our good friends David and Esther Moore (from England) to try out another Italian restaurante in Managua, Nicaragua. Sunday evening was slow so it proved to be a nice for dining. The atmosphere of the restaurant is really nice. The staff is a little sub-par for what I expected. They bake their [...]
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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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>Another who likes to move it move it….
Blog: Nicaragua Tourist - 9 July 2011
Estos chavalos del Solar de Monimbó en Masaya, Nicaragua saben moverse. Aún más les gusta que se les grabe en video. ¡Gozalo chavalo! These kids from el barrio Monimbó in Masaya, Nicaragua love to dance! The love even more putting their moves down on film. Gotta love it!
