The monkeys respond to the first light, roaring like lions, their little bodies making extraordinary noise compared to their size. Their calls range from a loud roar to a throaty creaky warble, as family members reassert their claim to their turf, and account for their members. The sky is a blue-red as the sun rises …
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Walking around Granada today and seeing the foreign visitors appear as a legion of backpackers intent on spending as little as possible for the most possible entertainment, it is hard to believe that Granada was once so wealthy that pirates lusted for her treasures. Actually, the three documented sackings of Granada were not done by …
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“We’ll meet at 6:00 a.m at the entrance to the Apoyo Resort.” So spoke Jeffrey McCrary, PhD, the director of the Estacion Biologica in the Laguna de Apoyo Nature Reserve. He was to serve as our birding guide and had explained that from 6:00 a.m until around 8:00 a.m, the birds were most actively feeding, …
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Each year, Cantur, the government agency devoted to the development and promotion of Tourism in Nicaragua, hosts an event which is the Nicaraguan equivalent of the Hollywood Academy Awards sans all the glitter and hype associated with the American version. The Nicaraguan “Oscars” are called “Gueguenses”, in honor of the UNESCO recognized national historic treasure, …
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My first visit to Apoyo in February – I was pleasantly surprised that with the dry season and the thinning of the vegetation the birds and monkeys are much more visible. I was glad to see several families of howlers passing through the trees near my villa. A group of them even slept in the …
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