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Nicaragua

120 photos in The United States, Nicaragua, and Belize added 7 years ago

Photos from our trip to Mukul resort in Nicaragua
  • Obligatory, pre-vacation flight selfie
  • Kari is very courageous
  • I love flying
  • Nerd alert
  • Some dude bikin his cows down the road
  • A welcome drink with some Nicaraguan rum
  • This should be fine for a few days...
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  • Checking in... Kari approves of the resort.
  • Welcome gifts in the room
  • Checked in. Let's have some local food and beer.
  • Nicaraguan snacks. Fried plantains with fried cheese, beans, and pico de Gallo. So good.
  • Looking up at the villas and bohios on the hillside.
  • Takin photos
  • Walking down to our home for the week. Bohio #12
  • Chillin after we got locked out of our room
  • The Beach BBQ
  • Dinnertime
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  • Beach fire
  • Seeking cover from a downpour in between dinner courses
  • BBQ dinner
  • A terrible photo of a ridiculous plate of food. Seasoned chicken, some kind of awesome sausage, white fish, BBQ pork ribs, seasoned steak, shrimp, lobster tail, and an octopus tentacle ... all grilled. And of course served with rice and grilled squashes a
  • How bout some dessert?
  • Relaxin on the beach with this babe
  • Hangin in this cabana
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  • Layin around like this is really not my style, but it feels pretty good, man
  • Walking back to the main resort. The little buildings you see nestled on the hillside are what we stayed in
  • Tostones con queso are all I'm eating for the rest of this trip
  • Goin for a dip in our private plunge pool
  • I feel like I'm in Minnesota
  • Padron Family Reserve 45 and some Flor de Caña rum
  • Kari picks out a cigar
  • Nicaraguan rum and cigars
  • Seabass, gallo pinto, plantains ... and a pizza. All traditional Nicaraguan food, mostly.
  • The crazy light in the main palapa
  • Goodnight
  • Morning rain
  • We had lots of butterflies and humming birds hanging around the flowers at our villa
  • These magpie jays really wanted our breakfast
  • Breakfast on our deck
  • hopin for some breakfast
  • Kari and I are having a great time in the ocean
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  • Having a cocktail at the main resort pool
  • Swimmin
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  • Hangin back at our pool
  • Havin a Nicaraguan patio beer before dinner
  • You can hire the chef at this resort to prepare a special 4-18 course tasting menu based on your likings. Everything prepared here was absolutely amazing.
  • About to have another amazing dinner with this pretty lady
  • some crazy scallops with pureed cauliflower and crispy, beet died cauliflower slices
  • Mahi Mahi filet with quequisque scales. Avacado emulsion, baby corns, rolled pepper slices, and that caviar looking stuff is somehow black olives.
  • Ice cream wrapped in dark chocolate with some lava chocolate poured over top.
  • Apparently following this trail takes us to a yoga class
  • Hiking to the yoga deck
  • Just did my first yoga class.
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  • The yoga deck
  • A pretty nice view
  • Just yoga'd
  • Watching the Mexico vs Portugal soccer match in the beach club
  • We had this entire beach to ourselves
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  • Swimming at Playa Guacalito
  • Look out at this crazy little island with what seemed to be tons of vultures circling it.
  • A big, really nice island from Playa Guacalito
  • Exploring Playa Guacalito with kari
  • Walking along the lava at Playa Guacalito
  • Wave splashes
  • A giant lava rock - with Kari getting sprayed by some crashing waves
  • Ocean. Lava rocks. Islands.
  • Some huge wave crashes off of Playa Guacalito
  • Walking along Playa Guacalito. We had the entire thing to ourselves.
  • Lava and waves
  • A crazy tree behind Playa Guacalito
  • Playa Guacalito
  • Snacks on snacks on snacks.
  • Flor de Caña rum tasting
  • Hangin in the Flor de Caña rum room for a tasting
  • Sippable rum exists... Flor de Caña 12
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  • This iguana hung out on our villa's fence posts all week
  • A Nicaraguan Breakfast for surfin energy. Crispy tortilla, gallo pinto, eggs, sun dried tomatoes
  • Learned how to surf today
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  • Riding a wave in
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