The Road Not Taken

Two roads diverged in a yellow wood,
And sorry I could not travel both
And be one traveler, long I stood
And looked down one as far as I could
To where it bent in the undergrowth;

Then took the other, as just as fair,
And having perhaps the better claim,
Because it was grassy and wanted wear;
Though as for that the passing there
Had worn them really about the same,

And both that morning equally lay
In leaves no step had trodden black.
Oh, I kept the first for another day!
Yet knowing how way leads on to way,
I doubted if I should ever come back.

I shall be telling this with a sigh
Somewhere ages and ages hence:
Two roads diverged in a wood, and I—
I took the one less traveled by,
And that has made all the difference.

- Robert Frost

the 1 less traveled by

A move to Nicaragua

Stop the Madness
By Jenna Reid 62 Views

Easter Week in Nicaragua

Stop The Semana Santa Madness!

It is a Nicaraguan tradition to head to the beach for the Easter week holiday. Nicarguans get Thursday, Friday, and the weekend as vacation days, so many take advantage of the time off and head the the beaches even earlier in the week. The little town we live in, San Juan del Sur is the #1 spot to party in Nicaragua for what is called Semana Santa (Holy Week). Last year, listening to the advise of veteran Expats and being new to Nicaragua and San Juan del Sur, we decided to vacation at a friend’s surf camp in Northern Nica where we felt safer from the mayhem.

This year we decided to stay in San Juan del Sur and experience what everyone was talking about. We had seen pictures, but were still stunned to see the large stages beginning to be erected in mid March. Over Christmas and New Years I had seen our grocery store packed with visitors and quickly running out food, so we planned ahead and bought groceries early in the week with the plan of eating at home for every meal.

Stocked up and within the confines of our home outside of town, things were actually quite peaceful. When we did venture out with the kids, we went to places out of town like Eden on the Chocolata for their pizza night, and Surf Ranch Resort & Villas de Palermo for a swim. Our grounds keeper’s daughters were out of school like Azalea and she had a blast playing all day with the older girls and jumping on our new trampoline. We also enjoyed a nice Easter day egg hunt with friends at our house.

We dropped our son, Titus, off with Juanita on the Saturday and headed into the mayhem with a small camera and very little money. Here are some of the pictures we took.

To give you an idea of the difference between Semana Santa & a normal Friday afternoon. I took these pictures of the same locations to compare the two occasions.

Top is the beach on Saturday of Semana Santa, the bottom is the following Friday
Top is the beach on Saturday of Semana Santa, the bottom is the following Friday
Top is Club Claro. The bottom is what this space usually looks like..just an empty lot.
Top is Club Claro. The bottom is what this space usually looks like..just an empty lot.
This is Kharron's office covered in a Flora de Cana club. The bottom is what Kharron's office looks like on a normal week here.
This is Kharron’s office covered in a Flora de Cana club. The bottom is what Kharron’s office looks like on a normal week here.
Category: Living in Nicaragua, Living in San Juan del Sur, Traveling to Nicaragua
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