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May 21, 2015 by Eeva Routio 1 Comment

Surfing Nicaragua: San Juan del Sur Surfing for Beginners

Nicaragua San Juan del Sur Surfing. Image: Eeva Routio.
So obviously he is NOT a beginner. I just didn’t have any pictures of us surfing. Photo: Eeva Routio.

Firstly, just to clarify, there’s actually no surfing in San Juan del Sur, per se. The pretty beach right in town is very sheltered and doesn’t have a break. But San Juan del Sur is where you want to base yourself, and explore the beaches immediately north and south of town. There are beginner-friendly beach breaks less than 5km (3 miles) away, and the many surf shops in San Juan offer lessons, rental boards and transportation at very reasonable prices. It’s a good idea to pop into two or three different surf shops and see which one you feel comfortable with before you sign up for lessons.

It’s not just the beautiful scenery, and the accessibility and affordability of surfing in San Juan del Sur that makes it so great. It’s also kind of nice that there are many (but not too many) other beginners surfers around, and the atmosphere is rather jovial. So there’s no need to feel self-conscious wobbling about on your board.

We stayed in San Juan del Sur for three weeks and dedicated some of that time to learning how to surf. Here’s a bit of a rundown of our experiences.

San Juan del Sur surfing: Playa Remanso

After popping into a few surf shops in town, we ended up going with Moke Huhu Surf School for our first surf lesson. The guys at Moke Huhu are super chilled-out and fun as well as professional. On our first day we headed over to the very beginner-friendly waves of beautiful Playa Remanso about 5km (3 miles) from town. Although we both have tried surfing before we’re VERY much in the beginner category. It was great to take a lesson just as a [Read more…]

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February 7, 2015 by Steve Owen 2 Comments

Stay Fit While Traveling – 6 Easy Tips and Tools

Is It Possible to Stay Fit While traveling? Tips from The Road

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Keeping fit in Santorini

Before I started writing this, I thought that maybe no one really wants this information. It is possible that no one goes on their gap year or travels with the thought of “I can’t wait to exercise while eating every type of fried food in other countries and drinking every day on the beach.”

However, who says you can’t go on a gap year or any extended holiday without staying in shape? Why, you may ask, would you bother to stay fit while traveling? Wouldn’t the travel do that for you as you run from airport to bus to train, hike the (whichever mountain range), swim with the dolphins? Sure, carrying your 60 kilos of various sized bags up and down the stairs at the AirBnb flat you rented in Paris might help you out and certainly walking around because you are cheap and don’t want to get ripped off by a taxi because you do sound so much like a tourist may work off a couple of kilos. But then again, sitting on a plane for hours, eating fine or not so fine foods on the run and enjoying the occasional but not too occasional glass of wine might add them back on plus some extra.

No, I’m not directing this bit of blog to the 18 year olds carrying their backpacks, drinking their weight in beer and eating street food every day who will not seem to gain a kilo no matter what. I am talking about people whose metabolism has decided to kick back and enjoy life in the later years and needs to be encouraged somewhat to do its job. Like all the time.

Luckily Eeva and I both traveled quite a bit in our previous roles and we used what we learned then to help us stay fit while traveling this year. We have also learned a few things along the way of course.

Motivation

Are we always motivated to work out on our year long holiday? No. We don’t jump out of bed enthusiastically every day already dressed in our workout gear. We do always feel better after we have done it though. These are some of the tricks we use to motivate ourselves on the road: [Read more…]

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