We started building Nicaragua’s first bamboo platform for yoga and meditation in the forest, in Ostional. The yoga platform will be 15ft x 15 ft. Perhaps one day CO2 Bambu will launch its own yoga / meditation deck product line.…
The circle of European friends expands: Part 2: Sprinkle some French
This week is the first annual theater festival in Granada, attracting 150 artists from neighboring countries, such as Honduras, El Salvador, Costa Rica and Guatemala. The artists have set up a small camp site on the grounds of the house…
The circle of European friends expands: Part 1: Add a German…
Meet our new neighbor and yoga teacher Jens. He arrived from Koln, Germany, via Thailand, two weeks ago to start teaching hatha/ tantric yoga, also known as Agama yoga, here at PURE – the gym across the road. Agama yoga…
Green activities in Granada
Granada is once again gearing up for a festival, but this time one that we can really rally to… Called the Berrinche Ambiantal, this is the first ever “annual” street performance festival to be held in Central America. Organized by…
Can CO2 Bambu play a role in Haiti?
The 24/7 news coverage of the Haiti crisis makes three things abundantly clear: 1) the extraordinary hardship that befell the Haitian population and which will last, sadly, for a long time, 2) the logistical nightmare of trying to coordinate donations…
I’ts back to school soon, for those who have shoes and backpacks
It’s the begining of a New Year and Nicaraguan kids only go back to school in February. Let me sum this up to say that the school day is short, the vacations and fiestas are long. The locals are commenting…
Nicaraguan labor – an acquired taste
It’s often the case that you can quickly discern the length of stay of foreign residents in a country by their attitude toward locals. I have personally witnessed this in France and in Japan. There is something of a bell…
Jicaro – A lot of luxury on a little island
A small lancha (fast boat) whisks us from the little harbor, so called Port of Assesse, on the edge of Granada. We speed past multiple small islands, a couple of traditional fishing boats with boys casting their nets wide and…