Start with Part I here In the last post, I left off just as we just reached the bottom of the Somoto Canyon and, incidentally, the Nicaraguan border with Honduras. As it turns out, the Rio Coco River which runs through Somoto Canyon divides Hondurans and Nicaragua along most of […]
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We were eating breakfast in our Granada Airbnb, the standard affair of rice, beans, eggs, and plantains, when Victor loudly snickered and put down the book he had been leafing through. It was an old torn-up Nicaraguan guidebook he found on the bookshelf among poetry books by Ruben Dario and […]
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In 2014, Victor was in Panama and his favorite story was visiting Embera village and watching a pet toucan wash himself in a small outdoor sink. Victor turned on the faucet to wash his hands and the bird flew right in and started splashing around and trying to awkwardly fit […]
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The way it usually goes is like this: Victor plans the itinerary, and I book the transportation and accommodations. One thing about Victor is he is meticulous, detail-oriented, and thorough. He doesn’t make mistakes, he doesn’t forget small details, he doesn’t just leave off details from the itinerary for no […]
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As we traveled through the countryside, we were constantly distracted by the gorgeous views of mountains, herds of peacefully grazing animals, and fields of vibrantly blooming… potatoes. “Look! Potatoes! That’s all potatoes!” Victor would exclaim pointing out of the car window, “So many potatoes…” I nodded along as he kept […]
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