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The Art of Surf Stoke in Nicaragua

By Roadmonkey | Published July 30, 2013

by Maya Seaman I grew up in Leucadia, a coastal town near San Diego where surfing is a religion. For me, it started as an alternative to smoking pot or listening to my parents fight. My first board came out of a neighbor’s trash can and my first blister came from walking barefoot to the […]

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How to Build a Fence With a Machete & Other Lessons

By Roadmonkey | Published July 26, 2013

By Maya Seaman When Reyes Vado decided his garden’s newly built fence needed an access gate, he bent down and grabbed, of course, his machete. It’s amazing what a machete can do in the hands of an expert like Vado, a typically sweet, wire-framed Nicaraguan who works in a local salt mine. Or the damage […]

Posted in expeditions | Also tagged adventure, education, Fundacion Aprender, Gabriela Prado, machete, Nicaragua, nutrition, philanthropy, Popoyo, Roadmonkey, volunteering, voluntourism Leave a comment