As non-residents of Nicaragua every 6 months Elisha & I are required to leave the country to renew our tourist visas. Since Elisha’s parents were here visiting and we had friends from Calgary staying at Ocotal beach in Costa Rica the timing for this renewal was great. Playa Ocotal is …
Fishing isn’t an activity that I would normally spend a day doing, but Elisha’s Dad Willard is an avid fisherman so we couldn’t bare to watch the fishing boats leave the dock in San Juan del Sur without jumping on one. While in San Juan we stayed at Gran Oceano …
Beginning on April 1st Gord and I have tracked every single cordoba we’ve spent through to the end of the month. To help us with this task we’re using a great little app called iXpenseIt. It’s available on iTunes for $4.99 USD and so far it’s worked great in helping us …
It’s been almost 3 weeks since I started feeling some discomfort in my right eye. The self diagnosis was a scratched cornea. According to the research Gord did an injury like this can take some time to heal. Not too terribly bothered by the pain I didn’t think it was …
Hands down one of the most difficult things for me in regards to living in Nicaragua is being away from my nephew Aiden. A week and a half ago he sent me an email and some photos that I wanted to share with you. “Dear Auntie E, Thanks for sending …
For $550 USD per month, plus electricity we are now living large at Vista Mombacho Apartments. Our brand new studio apartment is centrally located in the beautiful colonial city of Granada. We are just four blocks from La Colonial Supermercado and about seven blocks from Calle la Calzeda. Our favorite thing about …
