Category Archives: Surf Life Nicaragua

Casita Nearly Complete!

A neighbor’s view of the casita, through the tall, rainy season weeds. I’m barely getting through the late summer doldrums. After traveling nearly non-stop from February to June including two trips to Nica, totaling nearly two months of warm water … Continue reading

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The casita really starts to take shape

I really wish we were still in Nicaragua watching the whole building progress. We’ve heard from friends that the casita is really coming along and the roof is nearly complete. Unfortunately we aren’t down there to take photos for ourselves, … Continue reading

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Bloques, impossible tile choices, and Don Emilio – The building begins!

Every trip to Nicaragua begins with the first mission: get out of Managua as quickly as possible. However, we were starving. This sandwich full of interesting ingredients wasn’t too appetizing, but it wouldn’t be right if we didn’t make our … Continue reading

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Earth, fire, and waves: readying the lot for building

Late May 2008 After a couple weeks surfing and hanging out, we finally made it back to the lot we had purchased a year ago. Before leaving the country on our previous trip in June 2007, we commissioned a guy … Continue reading

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Surf, surf, surf, ride horses, and look at houses!

May 2008 It had been almost a year since our last trip to Nicaragua. Ryan had been busy at work and I had just returned from spending almost two months in Australia covering the first two events of the ASP … Continue reading

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My Turn to Buy

A cloud-topped volcano With two lots now in nice developments purchased mostly for investment purposes, we still hadn’t found a lot that fit our initial fantasy. We had been looking for something mellow with good waves out front where we … Continue reading

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Rancho Santana and Hacienda Iguana – Time to buy!

We looked, we waited, we pondered, we returned, and by our fourth time in Nicaragua, we decided it was time to buy. We had come a long way since our maiden trip to the country. On that first trip we … Continue reading

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“Dad, Nicaragua has a lot of investment opportunity!”

After that last trip to Nicaragua, Ryan and I couldn’t stop thinking about all the investment opportunities. We both live frugal lifestyles and save our money. No big screen TVs or new cars here! So we both had a decent … Continue reading

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The land hunt begins

By our third trip to Nicaragua we had fallen in love with the place. As a professional surfer i’ve had the good fortune to travel all over the world. I’ve spent time nearly everywhere one might call a surfer’s paradise. … Continue reading

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“Tenemos el dinero, queremos la tierra!”

September 2005 “Hola, Tacho? Somos los gringos. Tenemos el dinero, queremos la tierra!” For those of you who don’t speak Spanish, that translates to “ Hello, Tacho? We are the white folk. We have the money, we want the land!” … Continue reading

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