Category: Nicaragua

Best view In the very heart of Léon sits the Cathedral. With it’s white colour, it really stands out from all the other colourful churches in the city. During daytime, it’s possible to walk on the roof and see Léon from another perspective than usual. Since all the other houses are lower than the Cathedral

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När jag skriver detta inlägg sitter jag på en solstol på Las Peñitas, stranden. Mina fötter vilar på kanten av stolen så de inte ska brännas av den kokheta sanden. Nu, strax före klockan tre på eftermiddagen är solen som varmast, och jag har ännu inte kommit hem efter en stranddag utan att ha bränt

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In Nicaragua you will get the unique chance to visit a turtle hatchery, where you can be a part of freeing baby turtles in the sea to help the endangered turtles. The baby turtles are endangered because many people go hunting for the eggs and sell them, as turtle eggs are viewed as a rare

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  Now you are probably all set for going to Nicaragua. You are probably very excited, and maybe a little nervous. I am back in Norway, and i can tell you that my last 4 months in Nicaragua have been nothing less than incredible. Both in the hostels, in school, and at after-school activities, you

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If you have decided to travel to Nicaragua with Kulturstudier then you have two choices when it comes to where you are going to live. You can either stay at the hostels Kulturstudier offers, or you can find a place to stay by yourself and get reduction from your study fee, and I am going

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The first day of our stay on the volcanic island of Ometepe, we arrived at the hotel after noon, ate lunch, and still had half a day to something, but we did not know what. We found out that there was a natural reserve called Charco Verde (Green Lake in Spanish) just 5 minutes away.

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On the third of our sixteen weeks in Nicaragua with Kulturstudier, we (a small group of 6 students) decided to travel to the island of Ometepe. Ometepe is an Island consisting of two connected volcanoes, which rise 1394 And 1610 meters above sea level. The island of Ometepe is not encircled by the sea. Ometepe

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Before I decided on heading to Nicaragua, I had never heard of Volcano boarding, so don’t be surprised if you haven’t either. What is Volcano boarding? It’s exactly what it sounds like: You receive a board (a wooden sled), hike up a volcano, and ride the board to the bottom. This was a trip organised

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The words you are reading right now are the ones that make up the very first sentence in my very first blogpost, ever. As I write this, I have spent exactly one month in the city of León. I have been living in this vibrant city for 31 days, and I can only tell you one

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Det går mot jul, og nok et nytt år er i vente. Høsten er for lengst over, og for 54 skandinavere er også spansksemesteret i Nicaragua over for denne gang. Leons gater er tømt for unge, lyse, lærelystne kulturstudenter, som nå enten har vendt nesten hjemover eller slengt sekken på ryggen for nye eventyr, noen

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