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Earthship construction: Day 9
2007-12-13 14:25:00
Day Nine dawns, another bright and beautiful morning in El Carrizal, Nicaragua.  The Earthship crew arrives and the Nicas are already at it.  They bring out all of the tools for us every morning, which is great. The building is starting to really take shape, highlighted by the main room with it’s twin arched entrance and ...
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Earthship construction: Day 8
2007-12-12 14:28:00
  Our inter-cultural crew continued its total dominance of all things Earthship .  The twins have excelled in winning the love of the local builders as they have developed a strange pigeon language mixed with Taos slang and Nicaraguan highlander Spanish.  Monkeys barked at me today as I drank a coke. The kids in the valley have been ...
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Earthship construction: Day 7
2007-12-11 04:52:00
Today 25 crew members joined forces to lift and set the 22ft wide rebar birdcage roof on top of the living room. The birdcage roof was wrapped in chicken wire and wired together with hardware cloth. Rumor has it that the roof weighed over 1,000 pounds! Once the roof was raised, it was fastened to the ...
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Earthship construction: Day 6
2007-12-09 03:16:00
When I arrived this morning, the oxen were already busy hauling dirt from the building site for the next Earthship which has been completely excavated.  Although Saturday is usually a day off, the thirteen local workers accepted the offer to put in a half day’s worth of work.  The mixer was going within a half hour ...
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Earthship construction: Day 5
2007-12-07 19:15:00
We were greeted this morning at the site by two teams of oxen pulling wagons. We have been using a back hoe to generate dirt from a nearby site, but we needed a more efficient way to get the dirt to the Earthship rather than having the back hoe trundle down with a scoop at ...
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Earthship construction: Day 4
2007-12-06 17:08:00
Each day a few of the Carizal kids from the surrounding community eagerly wait at the river crossing for the construction crew to arrive holding a small collection of bottles and cans.  A good portion of the crew enjoyed the local night life the night before, so morning arrived quickly for some.  By 7:00 am ...
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Earthship construction: Day 3
2007-12-06 04:48:00
Work started at 6:00 am when the temperature was still cool. The back-hoe was found with a flat tire which was quickly fixed. Tire pounding resumed with a sense of urgency and good camaraderie among the locals and foreigners alike. The back-hoe was busy bringing dirt from the next Earthship site, for which excavation began yesterday. Mass ...
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Earthship construction: Day 2
2007-12-05 04:25:00
Today the cooling tubes arrived.  Cooling tubes are usually 20 foot long galvanized metal pipes, 10″ in diameter, that are buried in the earth and enter each room through one of the first few courses of tires. They arrived just in time. We are pounding tires at a rate that requires constant back bury. The galvanized metal ...
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Earthship construction: Day 1
2007-12-04 17:12:00
The crew arrived with sledgehammers, picks, shovels and tires in hand to help build Casa Llanta.  This is day one of a project to build a house out of tires which cools itself passively, creates it own power and harvests its own water. Joining the American team of Earthship builders is a group of Nicaraguans ...
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Can you build an Earthship in 16 days ? in Nicaragua?
2007-12-01 23:49:00
The construction team is congregating and getting ready to build an Earthship in 16 days on a beautiful Nicaragua n hillside with a view out towards the Pacific ocean.  Dave Kniffen from Earthship Biotecture in Taos is leading the construction of Casa Llanta, or “House of Tires” as it is locally known.  Earthships emerge from a bold vision ...
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Nicaragua one of ?Five Top South American Investment Opportunities?
2007-11-24 23:58:00
Overseas property mall have highlighted Nicaragua as one of the five top South American Investment Opportunities. Joining Chile, Peru, Brazil, Uruguay here is the excerpt on Nicaragua.  “Tourism in Nicaragua is booming, and along with it, many buy-to-let opportunities. Tourism is currently the second largest industry in the nation and over the last 7 years tourism ...
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Will Nicaragua real estate be the future for many baby boomers?
2007-10-17 18:15:00
How might Nicaragua real estate benefit from a generation of retirees?  That discussion begins with an analysis of the U.S. market.  Real estate is cyclical, though the U.S. has experienced extended periods of positive price appreciation.  Taking any 10 to 20 year period, the U.S. home price indexes will look a lot like a stock ...
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Find a great property investment and give back at the same time
2007-09-03 01:32:00
We are very proud to be associated with Community REfund, an organisation with a practical mechansim to achieve an ambitious aim: to ensure that local communites benefit from the explosion of real estate investment activity taking place in the country.    The “RE” stands for real estate   Community REfund solicits contributions from real estate buyers, developers, agents, and ...
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What is RSS?
2007-09-02 23:14:00
RSS is a “news feed” that allows you to see when websites have added new content.  You get the latest headlines, news, listings sent to you automatically as soon as it is published, without having to visit the websites you have taken the feed from.   RSS is a great way to easily stay informed by retrieving the latest ...

Property for sale at Apoyo
2007-08-29 19:11:00
Apoyo is an unspoiled crater lake with crystal clear water, breathtaking views and rich biodiversity. It’s a magical place located at the heart of Nicaragua’s premier tourist region and only 5 miles from the colonial city of Granada. We offer a range of real estate for sale at Laguna de Apoyo in Nicaragua.  Have a ...
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News on Guacalito, Nicaragua, Real Estate
2007-08-27 02:22:00
Just when everyone seemed to think that the Pellas Group was going to land bank the property at Guacalito, Nicaragua , until sometime around 2011, it was announced that they are going forward with a 350m development. I suspected something might be afoot as I was recently there and saw a jet-ranger helicopter departing. I chatted a bit ...
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True beachfront property is highly sought after at Hacienda Iguana in Nicar
2007-07-07 08:14:00
Investors and visitors who look for beaches with breathtaking beauty are attracted to Iguana We are pleased to announce an opportunity for true pristine beachfront - a 1 acre property where you can step right onto the sand of one of Nicaragua’s finest beaches.  A completed golf course; the Colorado surf break ? the most famous in ...
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Now Nica and Coldwell Banker are in the pink
2007-06-20 03:13:00
The pink in Question is Britain’s traditionally pink-papered Financial Times - most definately a very serious paper, all about, you guessed it, money, or dinero as they say in these parts. Anyway, in its weekend House & Home section it featured Nicaragua and our very own Kirk, CB Nicaragua’s President. His wisdom above bodes well for all ...
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That Nicaraguan Tourist Buzz is Growing
2007-06-08 06:59:00
      Yet more good publicity for Nicaragua, this time in British national newspaper The Telegraph. Author Michael Kerr writes: “Tourism has already overtaken coffee as the country’s main source of earnings. Visitor numbers reached 770,000 last year, representing an increase of 11 per cent in the past six years, and ...
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Seven Steps to Nicaraguan Property Success
2007-06-08 06:23:00
Buying property and investing in Nicaragua is easier than you might think but there are still a few rules you should stick too. We hope you find our seven tips to remember useful. Happy investing! 1. Work out what market is right for you and focus there. In this respect there is little difference with property investment ...
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Seven Steps to Nicaraguan Property Success
2007-06-08 06:23:00
Buying property and investing in Nicaragua is easier than you might think but there are still a few rules you should stick too. We hope you find our seven tips to remember useful. Happy investing! 1. Work out what market is right for you and focus there. In this respect there is little difference ...
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Live Here Cheaper - Get Here Cheaper
2007-06-08 04:55:00
The news that Spirit Airlines is providing three flights a week direct from Florida to Managua, Nicaragua, is great to hear. The fact that this budget airline is offering some incredibley priced seats is even better. Their initial announcement trumpets 8 cent and 8 dollar flights. Now you might have to be very lucky to ...
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Nicaragua - A Nice Surprise
2007-06-04 03:03:00
For the author of this article on Granada, his visit to Nicaragua turned out to be a real surprise. Like many before him his preconceptions of this incredible country proved very wrong and as with many many more, he ended up falling in love with the place. Just like we did. Hewriting ends: ?With the rapid rise of ...
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Your Next Decision
2007-06-04 02:37:00
If you’re buying a property in Nicaragua then you’ll have a few decisions to make before you relax on your Nica-style rocking chair in your new property. Your next decision? Well it’s the question that divides the nation. Would you like a Tona or Victoria beer? I bet you’re looking forward to tasting them both. ...
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Why Not Nicaragua?
2007-05-26 04:33:00
It dawned on me while we were pitching real estate opportunities in this wonderful country to a Coldwell Banker Brokerage in California that the question is no longer ?Why Nicaragua ?? it?s ?Why Not Nicaragua?? After all Costa Rica, the Bahamas, Jamaica and Aruba were once in similar positions and it must have been a stretch ...
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Four google earth maps showing real estate developments on Nicaragua?s Paci
2007-04-29 06:51:00
Selection of google maps showing the location of the major real estate developments on the Pacific coast.  Map of real estate developments south of San Juan del Sur  Map of real estate developments in San Juan del Sur and to the north  Map of real estate developments on the Tola Riviera Map of developments on Nicaragua’s Central Pacific Coast Nicaragua, nicaragua ...
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The great turtle race
2007-04-15 19:02:00
We were invited by Steve Jackson, Our Man in Granada, to pick a turtle in the Great Turtle Race .   We have chosen Champiro and will be cheering her on as she swims from Costa Rica to the Galapagos Islands.   The race starts on Monday and we’ll link to updates on her progress.  What a great initiative to raise ...
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10 Trends in Nicaragua real estate
2007-04-03 01:22:00
As real estate buyers become more sophisticated and developers more adventurous, we are seeing the following trends in the property market: More turnkey product on the market with the promise of rental income Emergence of fractional ownership products supported by strong property management offering Growth in developer / owner financing More brand name offerings and franchise products in different locations World class ...
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Jack Nicklaus designs a golf course at Seaside Mariana Resort in Nicaragua
2007-03-25 03:11:00
Seaside Mariana Spa & Golf Resort is bringing prestige, class and distinction to the Pacific coast of Nicaragua .  The pristine coastal development will be the site of an exclusive Jack Nicklaus Desi gn 18-hole championship oceanfront golf course. In their pursuit of excellence, the Canadian developers, have spared no expense. The estimated cost of Seaside Mariana?s ...
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How to Build a 3000 sq. ft. House in Nicaragua in 100 days (or Less)
2007-03-12 19:54:00
We’re currently building a house behind the Colorado surf break, in the Popoyo area north of San Juan. Building a house in Nicaragua is a smiple process. In fact in many ways it’s easier than building in the US. But we’re building with no general contractor and few subcontractors, which means being onsite and supervising ...
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