RSS FEED IDEMS: Our Man in Granada
- Granada flickr-d
I've been posting pics, including the one above, to the Nicaragua flickr group, but it strikes me that there's a need for a Granada-only photo pool. Okay so there was one, but it was dying on its arse, so I'm...
Fri, 23 Mar 2007 18:06:15 -0600
- Drinks with Dancing Girls
Okay okay, this post is going to be a huge let down for anyone who is expecting debauched behaviour. The girls in questions were school kids putting on a show in the town square (I know not why) and the...
Fri, 23 Mar 2007 11:55:54 -0600
- Nica Politics for Beginners
More plundering from Happening Here - all good stuff, especially for anyone new to this blog and/or this region. First off is their quick but comprehensive Nicaraguan history. Secondly, linked via their site, comes this explanation of the unpopularity of...
Fri, 23 Mar 2007 07:17:37 -0600
- Water and waste
Well worth a read is this fascinating post from the Happening Here blog. Click below to read more.In the Nicaraguan capital, Managua, the plumbing appears adequate to an observer from the affluent world -- if a little antiquated. We can...
Thu, 22 Mar 2007 18:25:36 -0600
- I'm a little overwhelmed
Wow. My sunshiney shot has been named Photo of the Day on Gadling. In addition, I also made Adventures of Link, even though I am not sure exactly what that means, on Jaunted. Cool. Can I start by thanking everyone...
Thu, 22 Mar 2007 17:14:00 -0600
- Hot hot heat
I've mentioned already, I love the weather here. Last night I was at my first expat soirée and very agreeable it was too. I should point out that the chicken wings were a triumph. There we all were, in our...
Thu, 22 Mar 2007 14:36:54 -0600
- Photo Montage Madness
I know. Take a camera out and you look like a tourist. Nothing wrong with that but I'm the new boy in town. I want to fit in and say...I live here now..I'm stopping. I'm so chuffed I want to...
Wed, 21 Mar 2007 11:50:52 -0600
- Adapting
British plug adapted first for Vietnam and then for Nicaragua. Metaphor-tastic....
Wed, 21 Mar 2007 11:21:13 -0600
- Our Man is in Granada
I made it. I got here, and I have already met the kids and the team behind Cafe Chavalos. Hey, I was even lucky enough to be fed by them Tasty indeed. I lasted through till 11pm and slept till...
Tue, 20 Mar 2007 17:17:44 -0600
- A New Start in Granada
Seeing as I've been delayed in Hanoi it's meant writing more about Vietnam than I anticipated. But tomorrow I will finally leave. Talking today to the kids at KOTO, the wonderful streetkid project that has been my employer for the...
Sat, 17 Mar 2007 11:48:34 -0600
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