A blog dedicated to entrepreneurial adventures around wealth building through offshore property investment in Central America. Our current focus is on Nicaragua
Posted in Media on Jan 27th, 2009
Nicaragua is about to make another great stride to reduce it´s independence on imported oil to supply it´s electrical energy needs. The State-run Brazilian electric company Eletrobras and a private firm from that country will invest $350 million in the construction of a hydroelectric dam in the basin of the Rio Grande de Matagalpa in [...]
Posted in Media, Nicaragua, Offshore Investment, tourism, travel on Jan 25th, 2009
(Photo: Bill Wooten)
Despite a world financial crisis and a year of political turmoil here, Nicaragua’s small yet feisty tourism sector proved its resilience in 2008 by growing 7.2 percent, according to numbers released this week by the Nicaraguan Tourism Institute (INTUR).
This from an article this past week in the Nica Times. INTUR is calling this [...]
Posted in Nicaragua, Offshore Investment, Real Estate on Jan 22nd, 2009
In 2009 if you have the cash you will find some amazing deals, and likely some quick and painless negotiations and closings. This article from NuWire talks about the power of cash buying in the domestic market, however the same is also very true in other areas also being affected by the economic downturn. Foreign [...]
Posted in Off The Grid on Jan 14th, 2009
Part of our Off the Grid Development Series
2009 seems to be there year of DIY or at least a broader renewed interest. Probably driven in part to the current economic situation combined with a new look for many consumers about what they are really spending their disposable income on. That being said if you are [...]
We received an exciting email from one of our friends in San Juan about a Mountain Bike race debuting this year - The San Juan Howler! As described:
18K of Ox paths, single track, dirt roads, and river beds make ‘the Howler’ a mountain biking adventure to make even the most experienced racers HOWL!
The event is [...]
Today in the LA Times there was an article that listed the top 10 ethical travel destinations compiled by The Ethical Traveler in a study of the worlds 70 plus developing nations.
“Ethical travel” is defined by the organization as “an awareness of our impact as we explore the world.”
Latin America made up half of the [...]
Posted in Coastal Dreams, Media, Nicaragua, Offshore Investment, Real Estate on Jan 6th, 2009
Recently we had one of our readers contact us. He is considering Nicaragua as an investment location but had some concerns about Daniel Ortega and all the recent media surrounding him. We really appreciated the message and thought we would share our response back with everyone. We share the concern that some [...]
A well written and vivid depiction of the beauty in Nicaragua by Tom Fordyce in the Sunday times. There is so much attention given these days to the poor leadership in this country and the associated strife it is causing, but people forget that you find these issues in many places. It doesn’t change the [...]
Posted in Coastal Dreams on Jan 1st, 2009
I always like to take the end of the year to relax, reflect and re-energize. Its a time for looking back at the blessings, and learning’s from the previous year and thinking about the upcoming year ahead. I am not a big believer in resolutions - the term itself seems to imply problems that need [...]
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