It’s of course always wonderful to have any of our boys come and visit the “nest”, now relocated to Granada, Nicaragua. This time, we have a double whammy, getting both Oren (Santa Cruz based) and Adam (Austin based) to visit…
Sunday afternoon bike ride to Las Isletas
We rent bikes on the main street for $1/hour and we are all set for an afternoon at the lake. Even though it’s so close, it’s easy to let time go by and not go take advantage of this magnificent…
Green Global Trek goes multi-media
It had to happen. If a picture is worth a thousand words, a video is worth a thousand pictures. So we are now going to try to connect our blog entries to videos posted on www.youtube.com. Let us know how…
December brings one way tickets…
We are putting the final touches on the studio, more specifically the garden as we have our first occupant arriving in a few days. Oren, our 22 year old, who has been living in Santa Cruz, CA, has a one…
Back home in Nicaragua
Coming home to Nicaragua after Haiti, everything feels very clean and spacious. There are so many less people and the air is unpolluted. It’s good to be back. Schools are closed now from the 1st of December until February for…
Happy Birthday, Ben ~ Santo Domingo, Dominican Republic
We declared it an “Indian” birthday, i.e. one that runs for several days… so it started with fabulous food at a French restaurant in Santo Domingo. World class ceviche sampling… warm seafood salad (unbelievable!)… and Croquant au Chocolat, all you…
Poste Rojo
Poste Rojo is a very cool, one of a kind TREE HOUSE hostel about twenty minutes outside Granada. Built around and IN huge trees, Poste Rojo is perched on the side of Volcano Mombacho with an awesome view, especially at…
Couchsurfers and backpackers
This week there are two welcome temporary additions to our home, Casa Hubberts Peak. First we have Fee, a young German woman travelling for five months solo in Central America, a veteran couchsurfer who has hosted 100 couchsurfers in Frankfurt.…