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Surfing and Turtles

After the tranquility of Ometepe, San Juan del Sur was a big change. A major stop on the Gringo Trail, the surf town recently finished hosting the crew of Survivor: Nicaragua. In my two days there, I was able to steer clear of most of the cruise ship buses, etc., and I managed to meet some great locals and enjoy my seaside respite from Managua.

UPDATED: I should note that picking up the baby sea turtles was done at the instruction of the park rangers. Because sea turtle gender is determined by the temperature during its incubation, and because this year has been so hot, park rangers harvested a number of eggs and allowed them to incubate in cool places to maintain a gender balance in the hatchlings. They gave us a basket of newly hatched turtles to take to the beach and place on the sand.

: Cruise ship in San Juan del Sur

: Sunset in San Juan del Sur

: Sunset in San Juan del Sur

: Playa La Flor by moonlight

: An old sea turtle slowly making her way to dry sand to lay her eggs

: A baby turtle still covered in sand from the nest

: Tortuguita

: Helping a newly hatched sea turtle

: Cows delaying the surfmobile

: Driving to Playa Maderas

: Playa Maderas

: Playa Maderas

: Playa Maderas

: Playa Maderas

: Local riding a wave

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Winter Break

I’m now back on campus after a thoroughly relaxing winter break. Highlights included spending time in the Sierra Nevada and San Bernardino National Forests, surfing and enjoying bonfires at the beach, and riding the new Silver Line and Gold Line Eastside Extension.

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Time lapse video of fog rolling into the Tule River Valley (Windows Media Player required, go to full post, right click video, and select Play/Pause to start):

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