Before we ever left home, my mom and her boyfriend, Terry, told us they were planning to meet up with us for the month of February.  They had already booked the vacation time and were anxiously waiting to find out what their destination would be.  You see, they were willing to be super flexible and show up wherever we were at the time.  The problem with that, as anyone following &#91read more]

Las Peñitas is one of two beaches located just 20-40 minutes outside of León by chicken bus (if you´ve ever been on a chicken bus, you’ll understand the time variance). I’d have to say that this was the closest thing to an all-inclusive resort that we’ve seen since Cancun, Mexico. The soft black sand beach is rimmed by a lengthy line of hotels, hostels, B&B’s, and restaurants. There’s just one &#91read more]

Welcome to the zombie march! If you don’t know why we call it that, you soon will! Sometimes the best moments of a journey come from being in the right place at the right time… We arrived in León, Nicaragua with little plan of what to do. We had just met up with my mom in Managua, and León was the first city on our agenda. She wanted to travel &#91read more]