Thursday, April 22, 2010

Calzado de Ometepe Kids 5k

The Calzado de Ometepe Kids 5k was a charity event held in conjunction the Ultramaraton Fuego y Agua on Isla Ometepe in Nicaragua, allowing the race a way of giving back to the people of the island. This race was for the school children of Ometepe Island to promote fitness and provide shoes for the children. It was held the day after the ultramarathon ...Read the rest of this post...

Monday, April 19, 2010

Masaya: the City and the Volcano

Picture: Cross over Masaya VolcanoAfter the morning bike ride to visit the farming community (described previously), the taxi that was hired for the rest of the day picked us up and drove us to the city of Masaya for a visit of the city and nearby Masaya Volcano nature park. ...Read the rest of this post...

Sunday, April 18, 2010

Visit with Empowerment International in Nicaragua

This 5th day in Nicaragua my tour guide, Jessica, had arranged a full day. It began in the city of Granada with a visit to the Empowerment International NGO, and bike tour out to the countryside to visit a farming community the NGO was working ...Read the rest of this post...