Wow! What an opportunity! Enjoy!
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Congrats Tony, that sounds like a blast!
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Smoke it up brah!
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Congrats on winning the trip to Nicaragua :-) Enjoy your time there, and take a lot of pictures so that we can admire and envy them.
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Congrats Tony. Have fun and definitely grab lots of pics.
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Congratulations!

Make sure you keep the stamps you get on the passport. :-)
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Neat stuff!
Congrats.
Do you speak Spanish because he doesn't speak a word of English.
Here are some:
Si
No
Hola
Mucho gusto
Me encantan sus tabacos

See if Pepin can hook you up with these ladies. :-)

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Ask him to roll one of these for you.

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He is a heck of a nice guy.
Again, enjoy your trip.
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Congratulations! :-):-):-):-)
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Thanks everyone!

My passport arrived today so I am good to go...

I do speak a bit of Spanish. I am Puerto Rican and my mother speaks it all of the time so I understand it very well, I'm just not the best at speaking it.
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I've gotta figure out a way to sneak onto the plane and make it out there with you guys! :-)
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Just remember that when you jump in a taxi in Esteli, it is considered public transport. The driver will pick up 5 other people going in your general direction and drop them off along the way. It should only cost 50 US cents for the cab.
Also enjoy the local Nica heavy metal bar downtown, The Titanic (not the Titanic fish restaurant on the Pan American). The are amused by the rare Gringo and sell liters of beer for $1.50.
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I know those chicks. :-)
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It looks like the trip has been delayed to May 4th so that Nestor Miranda can accompany us.

It's not a huge problem but I do have to take an extra day off of work and cancel my time off for next week...

I was really looking forward to leaving next Wednesday. :-)
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holy smokes! sweet! congrats! cant wait to hear about it!
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Congrats Tony!! :-) Lucky Bastage!! :-)
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Congrats, I hope you have a great time. When I was in Spain, this phrase always worked well for me

dos cervezas por favor
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You should strongly consider taking me with you, Tony. I put out. :-)
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:-)
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Dude, I almost spit orange juice all of my keyboard!
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Dude, I almost spit orange juice all of my keyboard![/quote]

:-) except mine was coffee :-):-)
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