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Monthly Archives: September 2015
Fincas
Finca means farm in Spanish. Generally, it refers to a general purpose farm that cultivates a few different crops. Many Nicaraguan families own small fincas of just a few acres. Some Volunteers even live with families on their fincas. And … Continue reading
Posted in Logistics, Travel
Tagged agriculture, bananas, coffee, cultivate, farm, finca, gift, logistics, pastorialism, plaintains, plantain, pork, produce, San Juan de Oriente, tilapia
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A Tertulia of Our Own
Today was one of the bi-weekly tertulias held in the León Central Plaza (everyone here calls it the central park, but it resembles nothing of a park and resembles everything of a plaza, so I suppose it could be translated … Continue reading
Posted in Teaching, Work
Tagged business, candy, civic life, coconut, condiments, creativity, education, entrepreneurship, innovation, iron, margins, onion, onions, plaza, profit, profit margin, return on investment, RoI, sales, teacher, teaching, vinegar
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Back to Matagalpa
Remember Matagalpa, the magical land of fertile fields and friendly people nestled up in the cool highlands of Nicaragua, teeming with Volunteers and just waiting to be explored? I went back last weekend for my third visit, this time to … Continue reading
Posted in Logistics, Travel
Tagged bus, bus station, caterpillar, chicken bus, eco-lodge, fina, logistics, Matagalpa, nature, Nicaragua, passion fruit, pine, pine forest, pine tree, pine trees, rural, Travel, view, views
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Fíjense que…
This article was originally intended to post on September 3, but was unable to due to storage restrictions on my old site. Fíjense que… class is cancelled! This is something I’ve been hearing a lot lately. So I figured it’s time for … Continue reading
Posted in Teaching
Tagged Cancellations, class, education, high school, language, Nicaragua, Nicaraguan Spanish, school, Spanish, Spanish language
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National Entrepreneurship Congress and Competition
Every year the PC Nicaragua Small Business Development program hosts, along with the Ministry of Education, a National Entrepreneurship Congress and Competition. My three friends, Jessica, Matt, and Thomas, are spearheading the planning this year. Many Volunteers use grants to … Continue reading
Posted in Philosophy, Work
Tagged crowd funding, crowdfund, crowdfunding, entrepreneurship, Entrepreneurship Congress, fundraise, fundraising, grant, inspiration, PCPP, Peace Corps
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Férias, Tertulias, and Kermes
This article was originally intended to post on August 30, but was unable to due to storage restrictions on my old site. Férias, tertulias, and kermes are all slightly related terms here in Nicaragua. I translate férias as “fair,” but its … Continue reading
Posted in León, Music, Third Goal, Vlog
Tagged Bowling Alone, chicha, colonial, corn, corn fair, corn festival, culture, dance, dancing, fair, festiva, folk music, kermes, León, mural, murals, music, Nicaragua, Robert Putnam, social capital, sociology, Spanish, Sutiaba, tertulia, video, videos
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Introducing IncidentsOfTravel.org!
Update, 7/31/16: All articles published on Incidents of Travel prior to this video post will no longer be available on www.IncidentsOfTravel.org. They will continue to be available on the old blog website, EricIncidentsOfTravel.Wordpress.com. I encourage all my readers to go … Continue reading
Posted in Third Goal
Tagged blog, crowd funding, crowdfund, crowdfunding, godaddy, Kickstarter, kickstarter campaign, video blog, video log, vlog
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