for an afternoon at Laguna de Apoyo a twenty minute drive away. Lots of activity in our house this week, with the new closet being built in the bedroom.. a saga in and of itself . See picture for unique…
It’s all relative….
I used to think that my neighbors next door were poor. In actual fact they are not. They have a good roof over their heads, food every day, toys on their birthdays, a variety of nice clothes. They are also…
Minor annoyances.. Life in Nicaragua.
Minor annoyances, such as bats and potential intruders… Bats have been easily dealt with by painting one of our standing lamps in the sala a nice red, which is said to scare them off. On a recent evening I forgot…
Update from the bamboo world ~ Granada, Nicaragua.
CO2 BAMBU hit a key product developoment milestone last week, as we invited Costa Rican bamboo experts to come and boost our Nicaraguan team’s knowledge of bamboo processing. The area we wanted to focus on was the production of bamboo…
Hipica ~ The annual horse parade and festival. Granada, Nicaragua.
It is late morning in Granada and the city is starting to rev up for Hipica. People will come from all over the country to participate or to watch. The narrow streets start to fill with cars, an unusual site…
Shopping for our casa, Granada style…
We head out in the heat in an old cab with a broken ceiling and window knob and two dogs. Dwayne sits up front, much to the amusement of the friends of the cabdriver, who are teasing him about his…
The Nica version of “Carnaval”
Last week was the annual bull run through town, which we witnessed last year and frankly were not keen to repeat. Its’ a Nica version of the well organized, but still potentially dangerous famous Bull run in Spain. Bringing it…
Fin de Semana – Beach Get Away
We start our week end early, on Friday. It was a productive work week in the bamboo world, with meetings with Nicaraguan investors, the Ministry of Transport to start the certification process for bamboo houses, the University of Engineering Lab…