Perfection

Wow!  The house we are renting is fantastic.  It sits perched on a rocky headland overlooking the Pacific between two fantastic beaches.  It belongs to a couple of guys who REALLY like their interior design.  It´s hard to believe we are in Nicaragua with the two doorbells we have - one for our maid, one for our caretaker.  Swankfest.
It is pretty remote - I just had to walk for an hour to even get to a village where I could get a taxi to head back in town for groceries.  They just filmed Survivor here.  The producers rented this house for two months in order to have them turn off the electricity so you couldn´t see it in the background during tribal council.  Ali found a little tiki statue on the tribal council site. If you zoom on the photo it´s where the cows are.  Ironically, there are a few peasants camped out on the beaches for real - and they don´t ever get those immunity awards.     

On the north side of us, there is a perfect crescent sandy beach that is about a ten minute walk.  There are a few nearby spots with decent surfable waves, but the swell hasn´t been great.  The boys have had fun playing in the sand and just running.  This beach is called Playa Remanso - it sees some day trippers, but is basically empty for most of the day.  We can´t get over how different the beaches in this country are compared to nearby countries.





The kitchen is made for cooking.  Name the utensil, gadget or device you need and they have it.  Basically everything in the house was imported from the U.S. - shipped here - think about the duty, plus cost of transport, etc. and it will get the hamster in your head back on that wheel.
Downside is that we also need to ¨import¨ all of our things from town.  We did a massive shopping trip before we moved in, but you know you always forget something.  How can one accurately anticipate one´s thirst and hunger?

The enclosed courtyard has a pool and gas bbq. Yes. Gas.  As in, chicken wings with hot sauce or steak.  Even shrimp if you feel like it.  Sunset out the kitchen windows.  Are you considering your retirement in Nicaragua? I hope so, because we will come and visit.  Oh yeah, and you can own title to land here even as a foreigner.  Safest country in North America (after Canada) if you believe the stats - I personally can´t see how that´s possible, but I guess if you´re competing with the U.S.
The cost of a chicken casado is 3 bucks and THAT is a statiscal fact I believe.

I prefer left breaking waves, but I will not be picky about rights that peel like this - especially when they are right outside my door.

 Logan has enjoyed some downtime during Shane´s naps with the Nickelodeon satellite feed.  Ali and I love the Fox 29 WUTV feed for the classic Seinfeld episodes we´re getting at night.  The Marine Biologist episode. So good.

Coming this Winter....