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Post by alakaboo » Sat Jan 30, 2016 4:43 pm

I know offshore has been, anyone else?
There's a chance I'll be going there in June/July.

Would be going to Popoyo.

I speak zero Spanish but was planning on taking a course this year anyway.

Safe for kids?
Need to take my own board?
Anything else worth knowing?

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Re: Nicaragua

Post by offshore1 » Sun Jan 31, 2016 11:09 am

Great olas boo. I stayed north of Popoyo, little fishing village called Miramar, near Puerto Sandino.
Plenty of boards to rent down your way, not so much out in the boonies where I was.
The more Spanish you know the better off you'll be.
Nicaragua is an extremely poor country, but I found the people to be on the whole proud and friendly.
Keep a close eye on that mossie-bourne virus, Zika , if you and Missus Boo plan on any more little boos.
In fact, el rancho, better check the head size of your new twins. ...
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Re: Nicaragua

Post by alakaboo » Sun Jan 31, 2016 12:13 pm

Missus Boo would probably think it was a good thing if our kids had smaller heads.

But that virus looks nasty.

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Post by Drailed » Sun Jan 31, 2016 2:06 pm

Remember catching an esrly morning bus from the capital Managua to costa rica.

As they let us out our hotel at 5am it was still dark. A bloke sleeping rough on the other wide of the road woke up and when he saw us he blew a whistle. My wife and I legged it the 200 meters to the bus stop as all these degeneates started appearing out the dark, one of them holding a baseball bat.

Prob one of the scariest moments in my life.

Other than that, San Juan Del Sur and surrounds were ok, it is poor though which isnt such a bad thing. Rubbish strewn everywhere, kinda shitty. Some nice waves about, and fine with kids - just obviously no travelling at night/early mornings.
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Post by offshore1 » Sun Jan 31, 2016 3:12 pm

Yeah I reckon Managua is analogous to Legian / Kuta in Bali, but poorer and more desperately dangerous.
I took a bus to Leon on a small surf day, dowdy old colonial city and former capital. Pretty interesting. Still a lot of influence from the Sandinista revolution back in the'80's.
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Post by stinky_wes » Wed Feb 03, 2016 10:58 am

I'm looking at going for a few weeks in September and staying on the coast west of SJDS. As long as there is fresh fish and a few waves I'll be happy. Let me know how you get on Boo

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Re: Nicaragua

Post by alakaboo » Fri Mar 18, 2016 11:45 pm

For a range of not very interesting reasons, the trip is off.

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Post by Drailed » Sat Mar 19, 2016 2:02 pm

Mrs catch you with your fist up the nanny Boo?
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Post by alakaboo » Sat Mar 19, 2016 8:51 pm

To be completely clear, I'm answering Jimmy not loofy.

It was too tie in with a work trip to the US, which has been pushed back 6 months, and a mate was going to be working there but now may not be.

Come after me all you want loofy, I'm a big boy, but family is off limits. Extend the same courtesy you received in the Kids thread.

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Post by Trev » Sat Mar 19, 2016 9:34 pm

alakaboo wrote:To be completely clear, I'm answering Jimmy not loofy.

It was too tie in with a work trip to the US, which has been pushed back 6 months, and a mate was going to be working there but now may not be.

Come after me all you want loofy, I'm a big boy, but family is off limits. Extend the same courtesy you received in the Kids thread.
Loofy gives as good as he gets but he does seem to not understand where the line is. He's making a habit of it.
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Post by Drailed » Sun Mar 20, 2016 9:37 am

Ok Boo, To be clear - nothing happened though right? I wouldnt have gone there if it had.
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Post by alakaboo » Sun Mar 20, 2016 6:09 pm

Trev I may be a bit old school but I think it's safe to say there's a fair bit of grey area to pass through before you're asking strangers if they fisted the nanny.

Loofy knows what he's doing. Eventually he may even figure out why.

I've answered the question before loofy and I won't dignify it by answering again.

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Post by Drailed » Sun Mar 20, 2016 6:18 pm

ok dude, no more nanny jokes. I thought it was our little private joke but obvs you dont wanna play.
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Post by Trev » Sun Mar 20, 2016 8:59 pm

alakaboo wrote:Trev I may be a bit old school but I think it's safe to say there's a fair bit of grey area to pass through before you're asking strangers if they fisted the nanny.

Loofy knows what he's doing. Eventually he may even figure out why.

I've answered the question before loofy and I won't dignify it by answering again.
Just to be clear. I wasn't making excuses for him.
He really needs to pull his head in. :(
IMHO.
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Post by Drailed » Sun Mar 20, 2016 9:31 pm

Ok Trev, you didnt like my fisting the nanny joke which had no correlation to anything ever in the history of the universe, we get it.
Trev wrote:I have always had a lot of time for Dick
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Re: Nicaragua

Post by Trev » Sun Mar 20, 2016 9:49 pm

Drailed wrote:Ok Trev, you didnt like my fisting the nanny joke which had no correlation to anything ever in the history of the universe, we get it.
And you had a go at Braithy a while back which was at about the same level. Ron pulled you up on that one. Braithy told you it was cool but it really wasn't.
Let's move on.
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Re: Nicaragua

Post by Drailed » Mon Mar 21, 2016 6:40 am

I disagree Trev.
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Post by crabmeat thompson » Fri Mar 25, 2016 8:17 am

anyone remember that survivor series in Nicaragua ..? not sure where in nico it was filmed, google would tell you.

i've always watched survivor, but that series sticks out the most. i spent the whole season watching the perfect, thumping beachies in the background. it really struck me how many perfect beachie days that place gets. the place where survivor filmed was like porto escondido or off the wall.
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