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    • Nicaragua
      Day 4

      Surf's Up

      February 3, 2019 in Nicaragua ⋅ ☀️ 32 °C

      We start the day with Boot Camp session number 2. We are 11 this morning so I prepare 6 stations. I also decide to increase the intervals from 50 seconds to 60 seconds. After the workout is done and I have a quick shower and a mini breakfast as yoga starts in 20 minutes.

      Yoga feels like a second workout this morning. My shoulders are screaming for a break. I push through and take a couple of small breaks to get me through the flow work. Near the end we get to more of the stretching movements, I am happy when we reach the last Shavasana.

      Big breakfast is served after yoga. While we eat the crew is preparing a cooler with beer; today the guys will bring us surfing at another beach. We prepare our things and meet everyone at the beach house. There is a pickup truck loaded with the surf board.

      Once everyone is arrived we start our walk toward the other beach, it takes us about 15 minutes to get there. We bring our things to a shaded area and grab a board. Ben and I decide to share a board and take turns. While on is surfing the other tries to take photos of the others surfing.

      It's good surfing for beginners, the waves are not too high and they can take us for a good ride. It's easier for me today to catch the waves and stand quickly. We surf for a couple of hours before we head back to the resort.

      After lunch we have some time to ourselves before our second yoga session. I go take a nap while it's the hottest and stay in the shade.

      The afternoon yoga is a accompanied with music. Cat and Andreas work as a duo to make us feel the music vibrations while performing relaxing yoga poses. It's an interesting experience. I am curious to see what they will do the following days.

      Jamie has setup a TV and plugged it to his computer to stream the Superbowl. Some of the guys here wanted to watch it. The cooks even prepared some finger foods for us like chicken wings, popcorn, fried cheese and other tasty food.

      Before heading to bed, we take a detour to the beach to watch the stars. It's quite the lovely sky without all the pollution caused by light. We also notice many hermit crabs running on the beach. They are quite quick.

      Another great day in Paradise.      Read more

    • Nicaragua
      Day 4

      #Awesome Foods Day 4

      February 3, 2019 in Nicaragua ⋅ ⛅ 27 °C

      *Déjeuner*
      Quiche et patates.

      *Dîner*
      Falafels et riz;
      Salade de carottes, betteraves tomates et concombres;
      Pain naan et sauce tzatziki.

      *Souper* (de Super Bowl)
      Apéro : Ailes de poulet, crudités avec guacamole, tostones (truc avec bananes plantain en galette frit?) avec fromage frit;
      Macaroni au fromage, enchiladas de légumes, légumes
      Dessert : Ananas grillés avec sauce au rum et crème glacée à la vanille      Read more

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    • Nicaragua
      Day 3

      #AwesomeFood Day 3

      February 2, 2019 in Nicaragua ⋅ 🌙 27 °C

      *Déjeuner*
      Gallo pinto (riz avec bines)
      Œufs brouillés
      Pico de gallo (salsa de légumes)
      Tortillas
      Bananes plantain sucrées
      Fromage

      *Dîner*
      Quesadillas végétariens
      Riz et salade nicaraguanénne

      *Souper*
      Jalapeños farcis au fromage
      Poisson pané avec salsa au melon d’eau, riz tropical et légumes
      Dessert : Yolos (dates, sirop d’agave, beurre de peanuts et chocolat)      Read more

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    • Nicaragua
      Day 3

      Another great day

      February 2, 2019 in Nicaragua ⋅ ☀️ 32 °C

      I wake up at 6:00 to get ready for some boot camp style training this morning. I am leading th session and we are a group of 10 that decide to workout. Pretty good, we have a couple others that will probably join for our next sessions.

      After the sweating session we have a little breakfast and get ready for surfing. We want to see if we can apply what we leaned yesterday. We start on the easy waves and then try some of the bigger ones. I flip head over feet a couple of times when I would try the big waves. I also nose dived other times. I was afraid to get hit by the board, thankfully I only got hit once by Ben's board. I try the easier waves and am able to stand and ride a couple nice ones. After a while my knees and ribs get pretty chafed so I decide to stop for the day and take photos of the others who are still having fun.

      Big breakfast is served after surfing. We stuff ourselves and then chill until 1:30 where we have our first yoga session with Basia. She gets us to do mostly stretching as we did yesterday. Tomorrow will be more of a "Flow" yoga. We will be working harder.

      We spend the rest of the afternoon chatting and meeting the remainder of the guests whom arrived today. We're going to have a great week. The people are great, the food is excellent and the place is amazing. I'm really happy to have accepted the invitation to join.      Read more

    • Nicaragua
      Day 2

      #AwesomeFood Day 2

      February 1, 2019 in Nicaragua ⋅ ⛅ 27 °C

      *Déjeuner*
      Crêpes aux bananes;
      Pouding au chia, noix et coconut;
      Œufs durs avec sauce piquante.

      *Lunch*
      Assiette de humus, légumes grillés et bananes plantain.

      *Souper*
      Crudités et guacamole avec tortillas maison;
      Chili végé avec riz et pain;
      Dessert : sorbet à l’ananas et sirop de agave.      Read more

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    • Nicaragua
      Day 2

      First time surfing

      February 1, 2019 in Nicaragua ⋅ 🌙 29 °C

      Sleep was great. They have fans in the rooms to keep us cool and we have the ocean waves providing a nice soothing rhythm. Perfect sleeping conditions for me.

      I wake up at 5:30. It is central time here so it’s really 6:30. I thought others would be up for coffee and the sunrise. Nope, I'm on on my own, I meet Mylena who is part of the morning staff. She brings in the coffee while I try practicing my Spanish and have a small conversation with her. The conversation is short, my vocabulary is still too limited 🤷‍♂️. Mylena offers to help me practice, I need to find more sentences to say for her tomorrow morning.

      After our first breakfast we get our first surfing lesson which is included in our stay. Oscar has a team of instructors ready to help us with our first waves. It's quite the sport, I did not think that I would have been out of breath that much practicing this sport. Battling the crashing waves as you head to sea requires lots of jumping over the break and then trying not to be pulled back to shore. After a couple of attempts to stand on the board we are able to ride the waves. It's a great feeling when you ride the wave.

      After a couple hours of surfing we head back to the Casa Grande for second breakfast. Another great meal is served. Jamie, one of the owners, comes to chat with us. He shares a short version of his story on how he decided to come Nicaragua to build something that will benefit the community. He will share more when the rest of the remaining guests have arrived early next week.

      I then decide to head for a nap as the surfing took quite the toll on my body. Once rested we have a super relaxing yoga session with Nicky who made us go through some great stretch poses. After yoga we eat lunch which is again really tasty and also healthy. I think I may gain 10 pounds this week. Alvaro is the cook and so far all the food he has prepared was amazing.

      We relax for the rest of the afternoon with some reading, swimming and enjoying local rum. Another group of guests arrive around 7:30pm. We know these guys as we met them last year at the retreat in Costa Rica. We will be 18 total, more are arriving at midnight and the remaining will arrive Saturday at different times.

      The day ends with another great meal. I think it will be pretty easy to fall asleep tonight.      Read more

    • Nicaragua
      Day 1

      #AwesomeFood Day 1

      January 31, 2019 in Nicaragua ⋅ 🌙 27 °C

      Après une journée de bouffe d’aéroport, les gens au resort nous avait préparé un délicieux souper (tardif car on est arrivé à 20h30). Ça s’annonce comme un délicieux voyage… va y avoir un pré-déjeuner servi à partir de 5h30 (gruau, pain, yogourt), suivi d’un déjeuner chaud, d’un lunch et d’un souper. 🤤😋

      *Souper*
      Poisson local frais, riz et légumes grillés;
      Dessert : brownies avec crème glacée à la vanille.      Read more

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