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Why Not?

09 Tuesday Dec 2014

Posted by Playamart - Zeebra Designs in Nicaragua, PEOPLE, TRAVEL: LATIN AMERICA

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Maestro Gabriel, Rivas Nicaragua, San Juan Del Sur

Near Rivas Nicaragua

Near Rivas Nicaragua

Debbie of Retired & Rewired in Nicaragua recently posted The Decay of Dignity and triggered a memory from four or more years ago when I was passing through Rivas Nicaragua.    Rivas was my timeout spot, where I threw on the brakes and rested while making the required 72-hour ‘border exits’ out of Costa Rica to keep my passport in good standing.

Rivas Nicaragua - the Bustling Morning Market

Rivas Nicaragua – the Bustling Morning Market

I often chose Rivas over the highly-popular San Juan Del Sur because I wanted to immerse myself in a typical Nicaraguan town untainted by tourists. I usually rested the first day, ventured around the town on the second day, took the ferry to Debbie’s beloved Isla Ometepe on the third day (for lunch and to see the museum!) then prepared to return to Costa Rica on the fourth or fifth day.    Most every morning I arose with the chickens and explored the streets in search of photo moments in the early-morning light.

rivas he says

(Note the shoe-shine guy that’s sitting on the wooden stool.)

On several previous trips to Rivas, I crossed paths with a weathered man with a perpetual ‘fool-on-the-hill’ manner that made me wonder what drug had fried his brain, or if a lifetime of drinking home-brewed sugar cane liquor destroyed his mind a little at a time. I don’t enjoy photographing misery or the dark side of a man’s character, but this man photographed well;  he had presence!  Perhaps there was more to this man with the foolish smile?

One morning I spotted him walking up the sunny side of the street, and I stopped (on the shadow side) and prepared to photograph him as he passed.   Continue reading →

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Near and Far – Weekly Photo Challenge

08 Saturday Sep 2012

Posted by Playamart - Zeebra Designs in Costa Rica, Ecuador, El Salvador, Guatemala, Nicaragua, PHOTO CHALLENGES, Republic of Panama, TRAVEL: LATIN AMERICA

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jama ecuador, La Libertad El Salvador, Lake Atitlan Guatemala, Long Caye Belize, PHOTO CHALLENGES, San Jorge Nicaragua, San Juan Del Sur, San Miguel Costa Rica, Weekly Photo Challenge Near and Far

Manglaralto, Ecuador

The WordPress Weekly Photo Challenge is Near and Far. Photos can magically portray a far-away location as if it were right in front of us.   By pairing an image in the foreground with one in the distance, one can strengthen and add depth to a photo.    Enjoy these images that transport you to far away locations as well as illustrate the perspective of near and far!  Z

Jumping Tarpon – Rio Colorado Lodge Costa Rica

La Libertad, El Salador

Lake Atitlan, Guatemala

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San Juan Del Sur, Nicaragua (SJDS)

13 Friday Jan 2012

Posted by Playamart - Zeebra Designs in Nicaragua, TRAVEL: LATIN AMERICA

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Nicaragua, Park Avenue Villas, San Juan Del Sur, SJDS, Zeebra Maps

Sunset from Park Avenue Villas

San Juan del Sur endeared itself to me in 2001 when I consulted a pictorial map in Rivas and saw the symbols for food and lodging where a road ended at the Pacific coast. The sleepy little town town’s picturesque front street was a mix between classic Pacific post card and Colonial American architecture.  I liked it instantly.

Walking one street back from the harbor, I felt as if I had stepped onto the set of a Hollywood ghost town! The streets were swept clean, and the empty buildings were basic and unpainted, yet dripped with character.

“I wish I had enough money to buy the entire town!” I exclaimed to my friends when I returned to Costa Rica. Continue reading →

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