Posts Tagged ‘Nicaragua’
OTP’s Top 10 Backpacking Destinations for 2012
Every year, we bring you a list of destinations worth your backpacking pennies. From storming the Swiss Alps to lobster munching on the cheap in Nicaragua, in 2012, OTP gets you travel buggin’ in all sorts of new ways. Use our list of Top 10 Destinations for 2012 to figure out where to best enjoy [...]
OTP’s Guide to the Nicaraguan Rodeo
Fueled by tradition, terror, and a few hundred cases of Toña cerevezas, the Nicaraguan Rodeo is one of the best ways to remind you that bulls are hard to ride. Especially if you are too drunk to stand. Since 95% of the Nicaraguan population is comprised of practicing Catholics, most festivities are somehow linked to religion. [...]
Lounging in Nicaragua: 5 Best Ways to Spend a Day Doing Nothing
Sometimes taking the road less traveled can be damn exhausting. In Nicaragua, where you break a sweat just trying to inhale oxygen, we won’t blame you if you need a breather from volcano climbing and epic jungle treks. Check out OTP’s 5 Best Ways to Spend the Day Lounging in Nicaragua when you’re ready to [...]
Confessions From Abroad: Broke Ass Gypsy Adventures
By: Shit Happens Somehow I managed to spend $87 of the $100 I brought to Nicaragua’s Ometepe Island, and lose my debit card all in one drunken debaucherous night. I was left with a grand total of $13 to get back to Costa Rica. Using my advanced freeloader radar, I managed to find a band [...]
Obsession with the Devil: How Latin America Celebrates Death
If any of you missed Halloween this year, let us break down what likely happened: the girls walked around in no more than a bra and panties and pretended they were cops, sailors, nurses or some sort of pre-packaged ho-in-a-bag (maybe the origin of the expression “ho-bag”). Now the guys, well they thought they were [...]
