Sharry Miller

Nicaragua - Watermelon Weaving Monkeys

Watermelon weaving monkeys? Huh, what? Sorry...it just amused me to leave out the commas. While Wednesday, March 16, did indeed bring us watermelons, weaving, and monkeys, they were totally unrelated. Before I get to any of those things, however, I have to share the delight of early morning at Laguna de Apoyo, our home for just one lone night. Someday, I'm going to live in a place where I can get up and go for... Read more →

Cordova's Heney Ridge Trail

I'm interrupting my incredibly slow sharing of my trip to Nicaragua to tell you about the amazing hike I went on today. I'm in Cordova, Alaska, for work for a week, and had today off. Miraculously, it wasn't raining when I woke up, so I carried on with my plans to go for a good long hike. I was going to go even if it was raining, but it's much more pleasant when it's not.... Read more →

Exploring by Bus and by Carriage

One of the reasons Rowan and I were excited to travel to Nicaragua was to practice our Spanish. She's in her second year at school, and my three high school years have been refreshed too infrequently by trips to Mexico and Peru. Little did we know that Spanish in Nicaragua is not like Spanish anywhere else. I won't go into the intricacies of "tu es" versus "bos sos" (ask me later if you want me... Read more →

Termites and the Devil Horse

Monday, March 14 - finally, a day filled with activity, some expected, some novel, some terrifying. Our Adventures in Good Company group spent a second day on Ometepe hanging out with a cute local guide and exploring the slopes of Maderas, the lower, dormant volcano. Our morning goal was a waterfall on Maderas, Cascada San Ramón. As with everywhere we went, there was a rather lengthy drive to get to the starting point. This morning... Read more →

Ometepe

As I look back at my notes for our first full day with our group in Nicaragua (Sunday, March 13), I am reminded why I decided that, much to my surprise, I like traveling on small group tours. I learned so much in just one day, things I would never have figured out on my own. Having a guide local to the area I'm traveling in gives me answers to questions I would never think... Read more →

Nicaragua - Unica y Original

That Nicaragua was going to live up to its tagline (Nicaragua - Unique...Original) was clear as soon as we got to the airport in Managua. First, everything was spotlessly clean, even the bathrooms which were supplied with ample quantities of toilet paper, not a given in Latin America. Granted, we still had to throw toilet paper in a garbage can rather than flushing it, but some things never change. Second, the people were so quiet... Read more →