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Moon Living Abroad in Nicaragua
By: Randall Wood and Joshua Berman
Series: Moon Living Abroad
ISBN-13: 9781566919876
Pages: 350
Price: $17.95 US
Published: Aug 2006

Moon Living Abroad in Nicaragua

by Randall Wood and Joshua Berman

If you have always dreamed of living in Nicaragua and are ready to take that step of actually moving there, nowhere else will you find a book that accomplishes everything you need to know in a smart, organized, and straightforward manner. Joshua Berman and Randy Wood both left the U.S. to make homes in Nicaragua. With their expertise, you'll receive the information you need.

Features
• Essential information on setting up your daily life, including visas, finances, employment, education, and health care
• Practical advice on how to rent or buy a home that fits your needs and budget
• Vivid descriptions highlighting the most desirable living locations
• Firsthand insight into navigating the language and culture
• Suitable for tourists, adventurers, high school and college students, teachers, professionals, families, couples and retirees
• Color photos, B&W photos, B&W illustrations, maps

Moon’s Living Abroad series empowers readers to live a dream—-to make a home in a foreign country. Written by authors who have made the move themselves, each Living Abroad title provides all the practical information necessary to find a place that matches your needs and budget, as well as honest insight into the realities you’ll face upon arrival. www.livingabroadin.com.

About the Author

Randall Wood and Joshua Berman

Joshua Berman—known in Nicaragua as Josué—writes an online travelogue called the Muy Tranquilo Traveler, which he began during his Peace Corps service, and which he continues to update from the road. In addition to Moon Handbooks Nicaragua, Joshua is co-author of Moon Handbooks Belize and contributed text and photos to the fourth edition of Moon Handbooks Honduras. His articles have appeared in EcoAmericas, Hooked On the Outdoors, Transitions Abroad, Gravity, Backcountry, and Emergency Medical Services magazines.

Josh is a freelance writer and trip leader who divides his time between Central America, New York City, and small mountain towns without Wal-Marts. He four years at Brown University where he gained both a Bachelor's degree in Environmental Studies and appropriately creative facial hair. He has served in AmeriCorps, Peace Corps, and, when last seen, had his sights set on a stint in northern India with the Jewish Volunteer Corps. His website is www.stonegrooves.net.

Randy Wood first ventured to Nicaragua in 1998, which he made his home for the next five years. There he worked as an agronomist and engineer, and fell in love with and married Nicaraguan Ericka Briceño. He completed a masters degree in development economics and international relations at Johns Hopkins SAIS in 2005. His work has appeared in BC Journal of International Relations, Between the Waves Magazine, and SAIS Review. Randy's website is www.therandymon.com.