We're coming up on five years now, since my wife and I returned al norte after our year-in-Nicaragua...
A friend of mine pointed out to me recently that Anthony Bourdain (chef/writer/tv-show-traveler) had a new episode of "No Reservations" featuring Nicaragua on the Travel Channel. We don't have cable tv, so we weren't able to watch it, but maybe some of you saw it? (Ironically, when living in Nicaragua, we did have cable--over a hundred channels! solamente 6$/month!) I can't say I endorse Mr. Bourdain, but he is a gifted writer, and some of his episodes are gems...Anyway...
Here are a few things I gleaned online about it:
THIS is the official Travel Channel info about it--it's supposed to air again at the end of the month.
Click here for a video preview ...
Pupusas--not 'native' Nicaraguan, but mmm, centroamericano streetfare at its best...
From Bourdain's own blog, he writes:
“Nicaragua is a spectacularly beautiful country. The food is great. The rum even better. The people are proud, generous, funny and sophisticated at every level of society. I hope the show makes people want to visit this poor but beautiful nation with so much to offer–to see not only what Nicaragua is, but what it can be.”
Go to Nicaragua!...and see what it can be; if you only see what it is, it's too sad.
(How true that is for so much of the world...)
(Click here to buy this book--
this was our logistical guide when we decided to move there.
The Lonely Planet guide is good, but this one goes deeper.)
this was our logistical guide when we decided to move there.
The Lonely Planet guide is good, but this one goes deeper.)
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