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I went by a hostel in Esteli to do an English class with two Nica employees there who I've befriended. They speak passable English but have a lot of room for improvement, so they're grateful for the practice. What we basically do is I teach them English and they introduce me to the local nightlife. They're recent university graduates, so all of their friends are educated and pretty interesting to be around.

Hello Looking for a Spanish teacher in Granada for one or two weeks starting right away only interested in good conversation Spanish send me a email here in San Jaun for weekend back in Granada on Monday Thanks

This turned out to be at the market bus station and with some directions from another expat who wasn't going, I found it.

The ambassador was quite pleasant. The embassy had also sent the Consul General and some others who could answer different types of questions.

Here is a post that won't cause any arguments...

How do YOU make it safe to use?

I would say 10 minutes on rolling boil is enough.

More Lewis Black on Milk http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=s8_JxdE8aHE

I went to her shop and saw her son and grandson and other standing in front of her house. Roberto, her son, told me she'd died.

She'd been suffering asthma and had various joint pains, but had been up and selling rosquillas and other cookies yesterday, then died between 3 and 4 this morning.

Her sister urged me to go in and see the body. I saw her laid out on her bed, then hugged her sister again.

http://www.luxurytravelmagazine.com/news-articles/mukul-nicaraguas-first...

Opening rates at Mukul will start at $550 per double per night, including breakfast, lunch, domestic premium open bar during the day and private ground transportation to/from Managua International Airport.

I was about ready to split the word into two when our resident Spanish language teacher sent us this weeks tip.

“Nomás”

Throughout Latin America this phrase has a variety of meanings in colloquial language. The form nomás is never used in Spain.

¿Dónde está el hospital? –En la esquina nomás. /Where is the hospital? – Right on the corner.

Nomás que venga (en cuanto venga) – As soon as she/he arrives.

Démelo así nomás, sin envolver. – Don't bother wrapping it, I'll take it as it is.

Déjelo aquí nomás. – Just leave it here.

The thirteenth month payment, also known as a bonus, is a right under the Constitution and the Labor Code and must be paid no later than the 10th of December.

Employers must pay a pro rata or proportion of the bonus for employees with less than 1 year of service.

While I have been told express buses don't stop at the airport but I have caught one to Estelí there. I have also followed local instructions on how to get an Estelí to Managua express to stop at the empalme for San Nicolas. But today was a whole different thing.

http://www.elnuevodiario.com.ni/nacionales/270332-lago-de-managua-aument...

The yellow outline around certain areas of Lake Managua are areas of increased over 2 years adding more than 40 square kilometers.

Nicaragua just did not make the grade as a tourist destination with some guests we had visit. We had a group of 4 couples come and visit a little while back and their opinion of Nicaragua was not good. The first disappointment for them was the poor service and the poor quality of the rooms at Las Mercedes.

Glad to say I will be blessed with visiting Nicaragua during the holidays this year! Something I have never done, looking forward to be able to spend christmas and New Years in Esteli.

http://www.elportonverde.com/2012/11/25/bed-and-breakfasts-in-managua-ni...

Yes, I know we here at Bed and Breakfast Farmstay El Portón Verde operate a bed and breakfast, but I am not aware of any particular rule that says one cannot write an article on one’s blog to give a layout of the known b&bs here in town and let prospective visitors to Managua, Nicaragua decide where they might want to stay. So there!

If you have any to add or any personal experiences, please share either here or on my blog. Cheers, Mike @ Farmstay El Portón Verde

Some decades of intermittent gardening, grandparents and a uncle who farmed and some books are the background for this.

In particular, people interested in gardening or farming here might want to take a look at:

The Resilient Gardener, by Carol Deppe -- your land is not my land and what works one place won't necessarily work in another. Twenty years of survival gardening by a Harvard Ph.D. in molecular genetics.

http://www.elnuevodiario.com.ni/economia/270167-cafe-momentos-dificiles

Coffee, the main export product of Nicaragua, faces tough times. A rust attack has endangered at least 10% of the 2012-2013 cycle, and the international price per quintal is below U.S. $ 145.

The most disturbing news is that in Central America, Nicaragua has one of the lowest yields of grain production per acre planted.

View Infographics: http://www.elnuevodiario.com.ni/infografia/353