tew & fro | take to the open road

Having been home just a couple of months now, we feel like we are still digesting everything. The combination of our experiences in Nicaragua, our abrupt departure, and the return to a first-world country has left us with some bittersweet and conflicting...

We have been talking about this for years. YEARS. In the beginning, it was just dreaming. Then it became a “wait a minute, what if?” Then it became something we started actively saving for and planning for. And now it’s basically over. We have our returning...

This photo was taken in 1979 by acclaimed photographer Susan Meiselas, who documented the war in Nicaragua for many years. This was in Masaya, about 10 miles away from our home in Granada. The man survived and went on to raise 6 children.
In my previous post I wrote about the geographical dangers of Nicaragua. But when we first decided to move to Nicaragua people were more concerned that we were entering a politically dangerous zone. Before we learned much about the current Nicaragua...

With our recent move, we now live at the base of Mombacho volcano. Thousands of years ago it exploded and created 365 beautiful “isletas” (little islands) in the lake next to Granada. It is still considered an active volcano, although the last known...