Blogs

http://www.laprensa.com.ni/2013/02/15/reportajes-especiales/134680-don-j...

Nice story of an unusual business

"Making handmade cacao liquor is a tradition I inherited from my grandparents" said Don Julio.

Finca El Vergel is located at kilometer 114 of the Panamerican Highway South, in Rivas.

Cacao liquor is a maceration process which combines alcohol, water and sugar and takes 25 days but like sugar cane rum, cacao liquor does not expire and the older the better.

I am looking for lots, beachfront or homes in Leon, Granada, San Juan del Sur or Poneloya. If you have information on property sale in any of these areas it would be greatly appreciated. I welcome private owners or real state.

Assembly approves creation of two new ministries.

With 65 votes in favor, 20 against and one abstention, the Parliament of Nicaragua decided to create the Ministry of Women and the Youth Ministry, at the request of the Executive.

Nicaragua currently has six million inhabitants. Of this, 50.7% are women and 73% of the total population is under 30, according to the National Institute of Information and Development.

The doubts of the deputies who voted against revolved around whether Nicaragua needs these ministries.

The court has ordered registries to refrain from registering property in the name of foreigners in border areas.

The order was issued after an audit at the offices of property registration in the country, in which the Supreme Court found violations of the Border Law passed in 2010.

"There is a law of borders which is less than five kilometres from the borders cannot be acquired (by foreigners), however, this has happened" said the head of the Supreme Court, Alba Luz Ramos.

There is an article in DarkerNet about how CISPA is about to become law. If you don't know what CISPA is, you should probably read up on it. It is pretty scary. But, the article talks about some software that may be of interest.

http://www.elportonverde.com/2013/02/07/surfing-for-change-travel-guide-...

Interesting movie about surf tourism and the boom and inevitable bust that happens at different spots in the world and how groups like Surfing for Change is trying to help locals avoid the downside of the mass tourism that occurs in the progression of any known surf location. Take a few minutes to check it out. Well worth 13 minutes of your time!

i have been to pearl lagoon via the river and bluefields but would like to try the road from rama to pearl lagoon-how is it-any advice would be appreciated

We have not been able to change our empty tank for a full one for the past 3 weeks. I have tried several tiendas that usually exchange the blue bottles but they are still waiting for the local supplier to bring fresh tanks from Managua. No reason why just maybe tomorrow. I hope this does not become a regular problem here in Jinotega. May have to change to tropigas yellow soon.

¡Vuelto!

Acabo de configurar la computadora nueva. Pasé más tiempo construyendo el mueble que el equipo. Mis manos tienen diez pulgares y sin dedos.

Yo y la amada hemos pasado una semana bastante fea. Nuestros sueños no han cambiado pero ellos están más desgastados, algo, y ahorra se mancharon por sucios manos. Y mi billetera está más ligero.

¡Muerte a todos los ladrones! El peor ladrón es que roba los sueños. Que el Señor les queman en el infierno.

Acepto todas las donaciones. ¡Manda chocolate!

Good overview from the British Daily Mail on Nicaragua and the wonders of its volcanoes specifically. Interesting description of the volcano boarding on Cerro Negro volcano up near Leon. Not so macho when faced with the reality of the slope and speed gained going down the volcano. ----------------------------------------

Mention Nicaragua to many and they will unfairly shrug it off as a Central American nation infamous for its bloody civil war – the poor neighbour of eco-tourism giant Costa Rica.

They were on my case to go someplace, see something new. The fam. So the six of us cleaned up and went to get a taxi. The taxistas' coop in Leon, jodido, have us by the short hairs - they want & get 20 cords per - even for a short trip. I would have walked if I were on my own, but with mother-in-law and a 4-year-old in tow, I didn't have much choice. (My precious butterball of a wife could have benefited from the hike too, but ...). I dickered the driver to 70, so OK.

https://implicit.harvard.edu/implicit/user/featuredtasks/race4/featuredt...

I rather recommend taking this before coming to Nicaragua. If you rank Hispanics much lower than whites and Asians, this may not be a comfortable place for you.

Went over to my friends and we didn't see a video but played bingo instead, which helped me better hear the difference between 60 and 70, and talked a bit afterward. I realized that one of them didn't want to see La Yuma, too realistic (his wife had seen it and described it to him), and so if my legal Dr. Who copy had Spanish sub-titles, I'll play them some of that next time they're over.

I grew up in Los Angeles California during the public transit is getting destroyed era. The trend was that all families had two cars and as soon as junior was 16, he got one as well. While it was clearly a stretch to afford it, our family was no exception.

Yesterday morning I was working in the garden when I heard a neighbor lady calling to my wife. I went closer to the house and told her ``te busca`` and started back to the garden.

Next thing I heard was ``?tiene pistola?

I know the drill, so I gathered up the pea-shooter, the wife, and the cel phone and we headed to the neighbor`s house. Seems a muchacho with a machete entered another neighbor`s house and demanded money from the girl who was babysitting her 2 younger cousins.