8th Annual Panga Fishing Tournament

14 November 2009 - San Juan del Sur, Nicaragua. This annual event brings together locals and foreigners in a fishing competition for seven categories. View the complete gallery here.

Shoes Distribution by the Barrio Planta Project

From The Barrio Planta Project's Facebook page:

Thanks to David and Jo Ann Makous, The Barrio Planta Project was given 60 pairs of Converse black & white tennis shoes, donated by Nike. Now our kids in the basketball clinic have shoes, instead of running around barefoot!!

Special thanks to Dan and Cesar for posting the pics, and to Kelvin Marshall for his article about it in the Del Sur, "Air Dyani." Check out some of the pics at: http://www.pbase.com/cesar_junior/shoes

Thanks to Sara Lemieux for helping out, Jo and Dave for making it all happen and of course to our wonderful staff.

For more information about the Barrio Planta Project visit their website: http://barrio-planta-project.blogspot.com/

Arena Soccer

Arena Soccer action can be found at the San Juan del Sur Sports Park, located on the southern end of the beach.

Random Photos of San Juan del Sur

These are random photos around San Juan del Sur.

There is always a parade celebrating a holiday.

San Juan del Sur parking lot

View of the town from our house.

Street action from the second floor of the Iguana Beach Bar.

Down at the malecón.

Nacascolo Bay Sunset

Spaying at Nacascolo Bay for a couple of weeks and marveling at the beauty of the bay and sunset.

An evening rainbow graced over Villa Laguna in Los Miradores development.

Casey charges towards me. He is a one-year-old standard poodle full of energy.

Triathlon in San Juan del Sur

Sunday 27 September 2009 - San Juan del Sur hosted a triathlon which challenged athletes to swimming, cycling and running on a very hot day.

Happy Birthday, Arthur!!!

24 September 2009 - Arthur Guinness' 250th birthday was celebrated in San Juan del Sur at the Irish House Bar. The music may not have been Irish but it was fun nonetheless. The Irish House Bar opened in mid 2009 and located in the center of town, north of the Municipal Market.

International Coastal Cleanup

We participated in the 2009 International Coastal Cleanup. We went with the Fundacion A. Jean Brugger students to Playa Maderas and Playa Majagual. It was hot and sunny but worth the effort. More photos at DanCesar.com

Así Es Mi Tierra Dance Troupe

Central American Independence Day

Sand Sculpture Competition

Coquito Bar hosted a Sand Sculpture competition today on the beach. While there could have been more competitors, those that participated had a lot of fun. Check out some of the photos below. More photos are posted on DanCesar.com.

Frisbee Golf in Nicaragua

I'm trying to get back to blogging, twitting and making updates on Facebook. So many things to do on the internet alone. I just finished updating www.dancesar.com with photos of the latest photos of the frisbee tournament.

Vince operates a frisbee golf course in Marsella Valley, and as far as I know, the only frisbee golf course in Nicaragua. He organized a tournament last Sunday and Dan and I entered. I've never played frisbee golf before, and boy did I have fun.

Here are photos:

This is me playing my first frisbee golf game and a tournament, at that! I thought I did pretty well. There were 12 baskets, each was par 3. I ended up with 42 my first round, and 45 my second.

Dan was learning how to throw properly while holding a camera.

There were trees everywhere! That was part of the challenge. Eunice got her frisbee stuck in the tree. Using the stick to get it out cost her 1 penalty point.

After the tournament there was a competition of who can throw the frisbee longest distance. I believe Roy edged out Edward for the title.

These are all the winners. First, second and third for men and women. (Notice that I am not among the group. Oh well, better luck next time.) The men's winner was Pedro the butcher. The women's winner was Karen (she's not in the picture. She went home to change. She lives next door.)

Afterwards we enjoyed a picnic and great food and music, courtesy of DJ Sergio.

Lots more photos are posted on DanCesar.com

Road Hockey Nov 2008

Road Hockey once again. Team World suffered a crushing defeat (once again) against Team Canada. When are they gonna learn? I won't even mention the score.

Y'can't beat the folks who invented the sport. Better luck next time, Team World. This time Team World was sponsored by Smokey's Sports Bar. Team Canada was once again sponsored by Big Wave Daves.

Lots of photos on our website: www.dancesar.com