Robert Alan Bowie (Miskito Alan)

I just now found your post. I am so sorry to hear about Miskito Alan! I know he was a good friend and is greatly missed by all. Please give my condolences to his family.

Lauren

Think ya' gonna hit the 4,000 mark soon...LOL...

Miss ya bro..

Lyin' Farmer John Wayne

I'm pissed at you Alan, things will never be the same... you suck, why did you leave. I was thinking of last New Years Eve and you were the only person I had to talk with and now, only silence ... I miss you Big Al.

But we'll hold down the fort if you make sure the beer is cold when we get there.

Extrano tanto

--- I am trying to be the man my dog thinks I am.

Wow i'm really sorry to be so belated but my condolences to Alans family and friends...I've been away on a course and had no idea....he will be missed...thanks for your help if you are still reading NL mate sorry i never got to buy you that drink.

3,000 hits! you did it miskito alan. you are in our hall of fame.

He will be missed. Just when I had found some really good pictures of the Puerto Cabezas area to show.

RIP

My condolences to all his loved ones. I really enjoyed reading his opinions, will be missed on NL. It would have been great to have a chat with him one day.

Like many others who have posted here, opening NL and reading that post was like a kick in the gut. I am new to NL but not so new that I did not understand that MA was very special man. He was the kind of human we should all aspire to be. I hoist a toast to a man who truly made a difference in his corner of the world. Would that we all could profoundly touch as many lives as Alan has. Sincere condolences to his family and friends but may you also rejoice to have been so close to one so special.

and we should enjoy our family and friends every day, One never knows. My family's prayers and sympathy to Alan's family and friends on NL.

Joe and Maura (de Esteli)

My hart is broken!

Why is it that the best people in life have to leave too soon?

?-d:^(

Sorry to know we have lost a good friend and a good men, we have a lot of good souvenirs with Alan. Gino is presently out of the country and out of reach, it suppose to be back sometime next week and I will inform him about this lost. All my sympathy to all Alan friends.

Marc (fmr owner of Hotel Paraiso, Big Corn)

Once you mentioned Seva's, Dexter new exactly who he was. He came to know Alan in 1999.. He said he was awesome very nice to everyone. I was not fortunate enough to meet him. Sounds like he will be missed by all.

Patricia (married to Corn Islander)

We also knew Alan and will remember him as a valuable person who left this world much too early. We have a phonenumber where to leave messages for Gino and will do so. Regine (Nautilus Dive, Big Corn)

Does anybody known how to contact Gino who used to own Paraiso. He and Alan were good friends. We all took an enjoyable trip with Alan and Gino and Marvin Wright on the Captain D on her first trip to Puerta Cabezas. I'm sure Gino would like to know of his friends passing. Dave and Bev Bruce (Corn Island Dive Resort)

A real shame, Alan was a credit to the community and touched a lot of people in a positive way. If only all of the expats were equally gentlemen and ladies. Mark (Oasis Hotel and Casino, Bluefields)

please contact me ...............Pam

I havent' been posting lately but every chance I get to be online I visit nicaliving. I didn't particularly feel welcome here except by Miskito Alan and one or two other members. I didn't visit the site for a while but I was truly touched when I came back and had the following message in my inbox:

From: Miskito Alan To: lola Subject: Where Have You Been? Date: 12 July, 2006 - 03:33

xxxxx - We missed you.

Regards - Alan.

Miskito Alan, you will be missed.

I am really sad to hear of Alan's passing. He had a great sense of wit and a wealth of knowledge. I've always wondered about his history and how he ended up in Nicaragua and PC.

Speechless :-( so sorry, my condolences to the family, he was a great guy and advicer to NL members with a very unique humor.

I know we'd like us to keep this site alive.

TaTy

I just set foot back in the US and one of the first things I did was check to see the happenings on Nicaliving, I am sitting here completely stunned.

At first I thought that maybe I had missed something on this website, since I have not had the time or the pacience to check the website from the Internet cafe near my home in Managua often or for long periods of time. I was thinking John Wayne was rattling off another Snake story, unfortunately not.

I had planned to make my way to PC this summer, after much convincing from Alan to visit the other side of Nicaragua. Well he convinced me, but I thought I would have been better off experiencing Great Corn Island. I was there on the 13-17 of September, and now that I see this news, I realize that PC would have been the better choice. To meet the late great Miskito Alan and Family.

Alan, I am sure you have found your endless bowl of grits. Thank you for sharing a bit more of Nicaragua with me.

Like the rest of you I am in shock at the loss.

He was a Catalyst for many to meet on this site. With his succinct and irreverent humor there was no doubt in my mind that he loved this website. He has brought together many people here from all over with a common goal of a love for a country and its people. He was a great ambassador representing those of us from the United States. My condolences to family and friends.

this morning at 6a.m. and feel better on the misery scale. I hope everyone else is feeling better on the misery scale too.

:-)

- "If you obey all the rules, you miss all the fun" Katherine Hepburn

"When you die, if you go somewhere where they ask you a bunch of questions about your life and what you learned and all, I think a good way to get out of it is just to say, 'No speaka English

Canta no LLores

My condolences to a sincere, courteous, and incredibly delightful man's - who, by the way, eventually became a NL legend- family. Words elude us when trying to say just what's in our hearts, but we're trying! I just hope that somehow, someway, his wife, his son, and of course, MA himself, could feel the pain that we all feel.. It's amazing how so many people come together to grieve the loss of someone they've never met.. Then again, this goes to show how great a person he was..

I'm sure he's smiling down, drinking celestial FDC and watching Port's zinc rusting. Que descanse, Miskito. Tenky Paly for all of the great conversations and discussions. Tenky Paly..

The last 6 months of my life have been very tragic for me. Dealing with my situation, I would ask myself I wonder what Mr Alan would say. This would help give me the strength I needed to get through the day. But today I finally break down and cry.

I have never meet this man but always thought I would have that pleasure one day. As we all know you cannot take away the spirit of this great man. I feel very fortuunate that he has entered my heart and soul and I know he has done the same to all of you on this site. We have been blessed and I think we all feel this. For a man who enjoyed so much on watching the zinc rust he has done so much for mankind. He has inspired me to be a better person and the only way I can thank him is to be that person. My deepest symapathy to his family and friends who are many. I feel we all know that someone very special has been taken away from us. But I'm sure his spirit will live in all of us. Thank you Mr Alan for showing me the good side of people. My memorial to you will last my lifetime. Chris

Hey Alan! Two Muslim women were walking together and one said to the other, does this Bomb make my butt look big.

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I turned my computer on this afternoon but I never look at NL until I have finished everything else. NL is the last thing that I see before going to bed. I opened my first NL post a little after midnight and the first thing I see is this notice by John Wayne. I read it with disbelief, then I read several more before I went a poured myself some rum. It isn't FDC but it will have to do for my private wake.

That's the best way to go MA but I wish you had waited until I had a chance to meet you. I have exchanged more PM's with you than with anyone else on this List and you are at the top of the list of people that I intended to meet when I finally complete my move.

I know you are going to be missed by everyone on this forum but I would like to offer special condolences to your family and to John and to everyone else in Port.

i was confused at first. thought this was some kinda joke i didnt understand, but now i understand and am so utterly sorry and wish there was something more that i can do. my prayers, love, and thoughts go out to his immediate family, and to all of us here as his extended family. i know weve all had our disagrements with each other, but i must say i think we all have to agree on this that we're all left awe-stuck, speechless, and shocked. Definatlly left missing a dear friend.

Many hugs and prayers to everyone.

R.I.P. Alan, save us a spot inside those Pearly Gates.

Su hermana, -Marissa

will be soarly missed by many. My lawyer called me this morning while I was traveling to let me know of Alan´s passing away. He was well respected and liked in bluefields amd area as well and he will be missed by his friends there as well.

What a shock, I am left speechless.

Condolences to his freinds and family.

wake.

It was with great sadness that I learned of Miskito Alan's death.

I want to express to his Wife, young Son and Daughters my most heartfelt sympathy.

Al

MA... You did not know how Big You are !!! I know you re monitoring this event You are The NL HEREO and No-one can take your place You always be the news here and always be remebered

Blue ,,,/ {' ;'} Miskitu

I can't believe it. If it is true, he's finally received his greatest blessing - everlasting peace, and I'm happy for him but I don't want to cry for my loss so I hope it's not true. I promise to try to behave better on this site if it's not true.