TROUTS LATEST PHOTOS March, 2005 – Issue #46 BOB AND CAMILLE IN NICARAGUA PROYECTO PELIGROSO Pelilgroso means “danger” in Spanish. For a peek at the project that got Bob all worked up on March 3rd, click on Machetes for Tourists. LATER THAT DAY Per caught a Jack and a 15-pound Cobia. SPEAKING OF DANGER […]
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CARNIVAL ALEGRIA POR LA VIDA 2005 (Carnival of Happiness for life 2005) Managua, Nicaragua – Saturday, March 12, 2005 NATIONAL POLICE Buses full of armed police arrived early in the afternoon to oversee the setting up of the parade route for the Carnival just a block from our hotel room. INTO THE STREETS Sunset brought
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A TRIP TO THE OLD CITY BOB AND CAMILLE IN GRANADA March 10, 2005 ANGEL Our adventure always begins with the arrival of Angel. The road to Granada with the crater in the distance. If you want to go to the bank in Granada, you must first allow this armed guard to pass his metal
PLAZA DE JUAN PABLO II MANAGUA Monday, March 7, 2005 MONUMENT TO THE POPE Erected as a tribute to Juan Pablo II after his visit to Managua, this monument stands at one end of the plaza. This is the back side of the monument. AMPHITHEATRE Bob stands next to the fountain in the square, doing
PONY, OX, AND PEOPLE CARTS BOB AND CAMILLE IN MANAGUA March 4 through 18, 2005 Everywhere we went, there were carts. I finally had to make myself stop taking photos of the horse-drawn carts, which were my favorite. Not shown here are the bicycle carts. Two young boys push a hot dog cart up the
MANAGUA BOB AND CAMILLE IN MANAGUA March 4 through 18, 2005 One-fifth of the Nicaragua’s 5 million people in the capital city. The bus and car culture is alive and well here but manages to co-exist with pedestrians, pony carts and bicycles. OLD BUSES We have heard that Nicaragua is where old school buses
CASA PELIGROSO or Machetes for Tourists Due to a few incidents involving locals and tourists, Grant bought 50 new machetes and brought them down to the hotel. He was determined to make a point. PROYECTO DEL DIA As the first order of the day, March 3rd, David and Pablo put a nice edge on the
TROUTS LATEST PHOTOS February, 2005 – Issue #45 BOB AND CAMILLE IN NICARAGUA BODEGA BEAUTIFICATION We had a slow week, so Pablo and his cohorts cut palm fronds and replaced the old ones around the beverage bodega on February 1st. THIS CAN BE SCARY > Have you ever walked to the parking lot and were
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A DAY ON THE BEACH CASA IGUANA – January 31, 2005 BOB STARTED IT After months of watching the driftwood blow in and pile up, Uncle Bob got up one morning and started cleaning up the beach. BY BUILDING A BIG FIRE He made a big fire and dragged driftwood across the beach to feed
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CARETAKER PROFILE Published in THE CARETAKER GAZETTE olume 23, Number 2 March/April 2005 www.caretaker.org The Trouts – Tropical Nomads Interests: photography, reading, yoga, gardening, hiking, bird watching, writing, blogging, snorkeling, animal training, planning and cooking. Quote: I don’t believe people are looking for the meaning of life as much as they are looking for the
