If you were to ask me what’s the one thing in life I could never possibly give up, the answer, without question, would be coffee. And not just because I’ve been drinking it every day since I was fifteen and…
Unconventional Milestones: My 100th Post & A Pura Vida Giveaway
Today is a very special day, friends! I’ve reached another exciting milestone, and a somewhat unexpected one…you’re currently reading the 100th post on The Mochilera Diaries! When this blog came to life less than one year ago in Cusco, Peru, I…
Getting Our Nature On At The Monteverde Cloud Forest Reserve
The moment I was well enough to travel again after the nasty illness that nearly broke me in San Juan del Sur, Nicaragua, I was on a bus to Costa Rica, ready to forget all my woes and embrace la pura vida. Mak…
San Juan del Sur, Nicaragua: The Good, The Bad, & The Ugly
After our relaxing stay on Isla de Ometepe, Mak and I were ready for some action. Our next destination? The beautiful beach town of San Juan del Sur near the Costa Rican border. As you may recall from my September…
Isla de Ometepe: Beaches, Volcanoes, & Bicycles
It finally arrived. On the morning of Monday, September 15th, a full four days after my arrival to Nicaragua, my hostel in Managua received the long-awaited phone call with news that my luggage had been received at the airport and all…
Review: Hotel Maracuya Managua
By now you guys are pretty much caught up with my rough start to traveling in Nicaragua. First, my bag went AWOL. Then came a gnarly case of food poisoning during an attempted visit to Granada. After several days of…
5 Things To Know Before Traveling To Managua
So, you’re traveling to Managua, Nicaragua? Here are five things I wish I knew before heading there myself. Have you been to Managua? What tips would you add? Read next: Killing Time in Managua: A Day Trip to Playa Pochomil…
Missed Opportunities in Granada, Nicaragua
My third full day in Nicaragua I was still bagless (my luggage was lost in limbo thanks to Spirit Airlines), a little sweaty, and beginning to look a bit like a wooly mammoth (razor in a carry-on? yeah right) but…
Killing Time in Managua: A Day Trip to Playa Pochomil
I like to think, as a fairly seasoned traveler at this point, that I’ve gotten pretty good at handling challenges on the road. I know that most missteps are pretty insignificant in the grand scheme of things so there’s little…
Month in Review: October 2014
It’s wild to think that at this time last year, I was in Cusco, Peru, mapping out my future life as an English teacher in Buenos Aires as I recovered from my first excursion to Machu Picchu. There may or may…
