Tag Archives: Nicaragua
Mike’s Gringo Life in Nicaragua April 10th
Posted on 10. Apr, 2012 by Mike Cobb.
This week’s show features some expats living in Granada Nicaragua, a beautiful Spanish Colonial city located on the shores of Lake Nicaragua. Nancy Bergman and Donna Tabor are two of the city’s well know single ladies living large and enjoying an incredible experience helping others. Donna Tabor is someone I’d wanted to meet for [...]
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Granada Nicaragua: A Colonial Masterpiece
Posted on 03. Apr, 2012 by Mike Cobb.
Today’s radio show features Granada, a wonderful 480 year old city on the shores of Lake Nicaragua. Founded in 1525 and subsequently raided by Pirates, burned to the ground by William Walker, and rebuilt with a beauty that can only be described in pictures (see below) Granada has become an expat center for many US [...]
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Mike’s Gringo Life Radio Show, Tuesday March 13
Posted on 12. Mar, 2012 by Mike Cobb.
On tomorrow’s Radio Show, I will be talking with and old friend, Ajay Patel, the former Dean of the Wake Forest Business School. He and his students, along with funding from Tom Dingledine, have created an extension of the university and a primary research center in Managua. The focus of their work is to pull [...]
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Today on the 11 kilometers of opportunity…
Posted on 28. Feb, 2012 by Mike Cobb.
Gran Pacifica residents Murray and Teena along with some friends from Canada have started an incredible transformation of life for a child and family in Villa el Carmen, Nicaragua. The subject line of their e-mail to me says it all, ”Today on the 11 kilometers of opportunity…” Read how they have given the gift [...]
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Five Great Books for Retirees
Posted on 24. Feb, 2012 by Mike Cobb.
Seniors are getting squeezed in a lot of ways these days. Higher costs, lower savings rates, and uncertain markets are creating concern and even panic in some cases. While I am an advocate of taking a look overseas as a way to achieve a higher quality of life on a limited budget, there are some [...]
