by Robin Hooper
Living in a four-man tent on and off for four years, building a three-bedroom brick homestead without power tools, waiting all day for a work crew that doesn’t turn up… Sound simple to you? What motivates foreigners to leave behind the security of a job, home, family and friends to start anew in Nicaragua? To find out more, Waves Magazine spoke to two extranjera couples, now living on Ometepe Island, about leaving home, discovering a new one, and facing some of the realities of “getting things done” in Nicaragua.
Community: Seeking the Simple Life?
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Issue 17: Dec 2006 - Feb 2007, Community
Tags: Altagracia, Balgue, Carlos Espino, citrus trees, Cocibolca, coffee, Concepción, Darrin Schellenberg, Eileen Wall, El Encanto, El Madroñal, farming, Helena Lorenz, maderas, ometepe island, organic farming, Robin Hooper, rural life, volcanoes



