Semana Santa

 Semana Santa (Holy Week, the week before Easter) is a big deal in many Spanish-speaking countries. When I was in Nicaragua years ago, we had two weeks of vacation at Easter since everything shut down for both Semana Santa and Semana de Pascua (Easter week, the following week).

Of course, as a cruiser or traveler, this [...]

La Marea

The tide is a significant factor in many cruising areas – and we often need to ask locals about the state of the tide: Is it high, low, rising, falling? How much water will we have in the harbor entrance or at the fuel dock at high or low tide?

la marea

mah-reh-ah

(the tide)

The tide [...]