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Video: Isla de Ometepe, Nicaragua
Happy New Year! It’s been a few weeks since I managed to get to a reliable enough internet connection to update our blog, but fear not, I’m now back in civilization and catching up! Isla de Ometepe is Nicaragua’s fantasy island, formed by twin volcanoes rising out of Lago de Nicaragua (Lake Nicaragua). Lago de [...]
Podcast: Granada & León, Nicaragua
[Audio clip: view full post to listen] [Download MP3 | Add to iTunes | Subscribe to Podcasts] Join us on an audio tour of Granada, with sounds of the market, Lago de Nicaragua and a street parade and band. We round off this podcast with a bit of Nicaraguan history and some thoughts on the [...]
Podcast: Story of a Guatemalan war victim (in Spanish)
[Audio clip: view full post to listen] [Download MP3 | Add to iTunes | Subscribe to Podcasts] Filipe and Rosa were wonderful hosts whilst studying in San Pedro, Guatemala. Although I wasn’t strictly doing a home-stay with them, as I ate two meals a day at their house, they soon felt like family. After a [...]
Podcast: Studying Spanish in Guatemala #3
[Audio clip: view full post to listen] [Download MP3 | Add to iTunes | Subscribe to Podcasts] I have now entered week 5 of my studies at the Co-operative of Guatemalan Spanish Teachers in San Pedro La Laguna, Lake Atitlan, Guatemala. Click below to listen to it. In this podcast we give you an update [...]
Podcast: Studying Spanish in Guatemala #2
[Audio clip: view full post to listen] [Download MP3 | Add to iTunes | Subscribe to Podcasts] This week Tina and I have moved in with a Guatemalan family as part of a homestay arranged by the school we’re studying at – The Co-operative of Guatemalan Spanish Teachers. You can listen to the podcast we [...]
Podcast: Studying Spanish in Guatemala #1
[Audio clip: view full post to listen] [Download MP3 | Add to iTunes | Subscribe to Podcasts] The following podcast takes the form of an informal discussion between Tina and I, recorded last week, during our first week studying Spanish at Lake Atitlan, Guatemala. We discuss the school, prices, and dangerous wildlife. A day or [...]
Podcast: Arrival in Lake Atitlan, Guatemala
[Audio clip: view full post to listen] [Download MP3 | Add to iTunes | Subscribe to Podcasts] It’s about 15 years and two months since I left Lake Atitlan for the first time. In those years I’ve never forgotten it. Think Lord of the Rings combined with Nordic myth or Loch Ness and you may [...]
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