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Written by Joshua Berman
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Saturday, 01 December 2007 |
 ATRAVES, a Nicaraguan nonprofit working “to support creative, small-scale, locally controlled initiatives in development, education, health and social justice,” has a few unique opportunities I’d like to share. In addition to building health clinics, schools, and running other projects throughout Nicaragua, ATRAVES offers volunteer opportunities and can help plan and manage group delegations of “students, professionals, women’s groups, service organizations, your five best friends and your uncle—any group with an interest in learning or working in Nicaragua.” They also host a number of themed trips to Nicaragua and there still spaces available for their January Herbal Studies Retreat to Estelí, Juigalpa, and Managua. |
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Last Updated ( Saturday, 01 December 2007 )
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Friday, 19 October 2007 |
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 Moon was recently selected as Booklist’s Best Travel Series of the Year!
The judges said: “Moon guides these days have such an easy feel in the hand: they open well, and the pages are just the right size, with lots of information presented in uncrowded fashion. And the information is full but precise, evaluative but not pompous. Such good spirit arises from the pages of a Moon guide that the reader can’t help but want to board a plane and make every trip a soulful experience.” |
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Last Updated ( Friday, 19 October 2007 )
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Written by Joshua Berman
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Wednesday, 03 October 2007 |
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Here's an interesting BBC article and audio interview about Renate Diallo, a teacher at Kings Castle Montessori Nursery in England, and her efforts to establish a new kind of school in Nicaragua. I'm curious to find out exactly where in the country the new school is located. From the article:
"Montessori schools allow children to learn through activities that they choose for themselves... Renate and her son are about to embark on the trip half way around the world to take [the Montessori] method of teaching to a tiny school in Nicaragua... The classroom has just been built by sixth formers from Bristol. The pre-school currently has 20 pupils but Renate is hoping they’ll attract more to the Montessori system."
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Written by Randall Wood
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Saturday, 18 August 2007 |
 Seattle Times correspondent Kristin Jackson recently made a trip to Nicaragua and had an enjoyable time surfing volcano scree and exploring Leon. It's a well-written article in that it looks at the upside and downside of travel in Nicaragua with a fairly even tone, and manages not to get caught up in the now cliche trips to San Juan del Sur and Granada. As such, it's a good read. |
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Written by Randall Wood
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Sunday, 29 July 2007 |
 I'm heading for the Solentiname archipelago, in the remote south-eastern corner of the lake, to discover the community of primitivist artists founded in 1965 by the Nicaraguan poet and rebel priest Ernesto Cardenal.
The plane thumps down on a dirt clearing – what passes for a runway in San Carlos, a ramshackle trading town on the shore of the lake. A short, bumpy taxi ride later, I'm met at the bustling dockside by my island guides, Elena Pineda and her nephew, José, who whisk me by panga – a motorised canoe – to San Fernando.
The Independent has published a very evocative look at the Solentiname archipelago, former hotspot of the Sandinista revolution. |
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