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A sometime newspaper journalist with a heavy side of wanderlust, Rachael moved to Quito in November to work on the V!VA staff. She is currently working on the sections for Nicaragua, Guatemala and Panama.
Northampton, Massachusetts, USA
Quito, Ecuador
Rachael previously worked for the Daily Hampshire Gazette and Watertown Daily Times as a staff writer.
Eat when you have food, sleep when you have a bed and if there's a bathroom, use it.
Kisumu, Kenya during the election riots of 2008.
Some of the most bizarre experiences for me have been hiking through the jungles of Central America searching for the lost ruins of Bunga-Bunga.
Always try the food, at least once, and take advantage of a clean bathroom any time you find one.
My idea of a dream trip is to get a round-the-world ticket and try to visit as many countries as I can.
I have lived in Nicaragua, Guatemala, Spain and England with trips through Europe, Central America and to Kenya.
Peru, Colombia and Brazil, hopefully.
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The tiny, forested Isla de Quiste is a sacred place for locals, since it was on this uninhabited dot of ......
Read MoreNicaragua’s Pacific South West, a strip of land between the ocean and the country’s great lake, has been both a ......
Read MorePlans to reinstate the ferry between Potosi and El Salvador have been on the table for years, but the only ......
Read MoreDestinations
Lago San Pablo, located a few miles southeast of Otavalo, is another good hiking destination in the Northern Andes. One ......
Read MoreXiloa’s sister crater is a wild Shangri-La, about as far off the beaten tourist trail as you can get this ......
Read MoreThe large, placid expanse of Xiloa, just 20 kilometers northwest of Managua, was once a favorite getaway for families who ......
Read MoreHotels
Hotel Azul Pitahaya is located a block from the beach, away from the shore-front noise, and is a solid option ......
Read MoreEco Hostal Apoyo was once a lakeside residence and still has the slightly informal feel of a vacation home. The ......
Read MoreOnce a private residence (like most buildings along the lakefront), Hospedaje Crater’s Edge is hushed and lovely, with wide tiled ......
Read MoreRestaurants
Hippa Hippa is a popular club for the young and hip, with DJs spinning reggaton and electronica through the night ......
Read MoreAt C$60 for the daily lunch plate, Bar Maria is one of the cheapest of the thatched restaurants that line ......
Read MoreMontes Verdes (Mains: C$85 to C$250) is the most highly recommended restaurant in the area, possibly because the location is ......
Read MoreActivities
Montibelli is a large, private reserve whose 165.5 hectares are made up of three former coffee plantations. The owners still ......
Read MoreThe Museo Galería Héroes y Martires, located just inside one of the main entrances to the Alcaldia de Masaya, is ......
Read MoreThe Centro Nicaragüense de Escritores has one of the most extensive collections of modern Nicaraguan literature in the country. The ......
Read MoreSchools
Coco Surf School (505-8-958-7443, cocosurfschool@gmail.com) opened in April 2009 along the beach in Las Peñitas. At the thatched cabana you ......
Read MoreThe León branch (505-2-311-1813/ 505-8-988-4482, www.academia-europea.com) of Academia Europea offers both private and group classes in Spanish. Private classes start ......
Read MoreServices
Thanks to the student population, San Marcos has all of the services of a much larger city, including branches of ......
Read MoreCyber “Escorpion” is a convenient spot along Calle 27 de Mayo to access the internet, make photocopies, call internationally or ......
Read MoreNTUR (Negocios y Turismo de Nicaragua, S.A.) has shelves of information about hotels and locations in Managua. The office staff ......
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