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Horseback Riding in Nicaragua

By Blue, May 01st, 2012

Did you know that some magazines are only available on ipads? Since this jungle princess doesn’t own one – Editor/Cowboy Kyle Marshall graciously sent us a copy of the recent article in Hyland Magazine featuring Rancho Chilamate.

When Kyle came riding with us earlier this year we had no idea he was the editor of a magazine until the rum shots after the ride. We were thrilled to receive the article today. Thank you Hyland Magazine!
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Check out Hyland Magazine on your ipad:)

http://itunes.apple.com/ca/app/hyland-magazine/id468309586?mt=8

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Danger Jill Rides and Writes

By Blue, October 11th, 2011

A special thank you to Danger Jill Robinson for this article about her horseback ride with Rancho Chilamate earlier this year. We love a cowgirl that loves speed :)

 

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Survivor Millionaire Jud ‘Fabio’ Birza Cowboys Up with Rancho Chilamate

By Blue, May 04th, 2011

We got the call asking if we would be willing to host a ‘celebrity’ for a ride in the next day or two.

A celebrity? You bet. How fun.
Their identity was to be kept a secret for the time being. Jamie had visions of some gorgeous actress like Columbian beauty Sofia Vergara from Modern Family galloping down the beach in all her glory whereas I pictured someone more like Vin Diesel or Jude Law. One can dream right?

There's No Looking Back for Survivor Nicaragua Winner and Millionaire Jud 'Fabio' Birza

The day before the ride we got the call that the celebrity  was the Million Dollar Winner of Survivor Nicaraga Season 21, Jud Birza. We had heard the name Fabio but without access to TV and only slow internet we didn’t follow the show. And now he was coming for a ride. A quick goggle and we discovered the youngest winner in Survivor history was a 21 year old model. At least he was cute! And we were about to find out how adorable and authentic as well.

We awaited his arrival and was surprised when he showed up with no film crew, no publicist. Just his sister Kelsey, Ana from ProNicaragua that was hosting his return visit and our friend and ‘go-to’ for San Juan del Sur things to do, Gabby.

Nothing like a sip of rum on the beach. Now that didn't happen during Survivor Nicaragua.

Jud, Blue and Jamie on the Survivor Nicaragua Beach

Fabio finds the Perfect Hat

It was an incredibly intimate day and ride full of great moments – particularly standing with the winner of the whole dam thing – right at the beach he called home for more than 30 days during the filming here last year.

Jud is truly a great guy. He loved his time here in Nicaragua and riding with us. We think he’ll be back. Jud and his new friend/trail boss talk of doing an overnight camp and ride trip on his next visit :)

Check out the FULL STORY. More Pics on our FACEBOOK PAGE too.
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Fishing from a Horse? Cyril thinks So…

By Jamie, April 29th, 2011

A special thank you to DEL SUR NEWS, our local paper, for this week’s story:

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Discovery Channel’s Cyril Chauquet picks San Juan del Sur for Adventure Show

Cyril Chauquet, the “Fishing Adventurer” (his show airs on Discovery Channel and ESPN) picked the San Juan del Sur area as a playground for one of his adventures that will be shown during the 2012 season. The Fishing and Travel show is an entertaining one hour program where Chauquet gets involved in some of the most unusual activities, meets some locals, and of course goes fishing.

His SJdS adventure started on the beach front in the bay of SJdS photographing some local surfers. Right after that he jumped on a local bus heading to Playa El Coco. He made “La Veranera” guest house his base camp and did a little surfing and fishing with Jim Henderson and Ina Fusko, the proprietors of the lodge.

Some of the highlights of the show will be “River Shrimping” with Douglas and Luis in the bush about 10kms behind Tortuga. The most unusual segment was casting into the surf off of one of Rancho Chilamate’s trusty steeds called “Colorado”, 16 hands and not afraid of the water. Chauquet rode him in with rod in hand until a wave broke over the saddle and the horse didn’t even flinch. At one point, Chauquet got off the horse in neck deep water, started surf-casting and let the horse walk up the beach on his own! Afterwards it was back to El Yunque Ironworks, at Rancho Chilamate where Jamie helped Chauquet forge his own fishing lure.

Chauquet did some crazy fishing off one of the small rocky islands in front of La Flor where he was almost swept into the sea by a large wave. He caught many Jack Crevalle, Spanish Mackerel, and Bonitos off one of the two ‘Fishing- Nicaragua’ pangas but the big Rooster Fish he had hoped for eluded him. However, to his surprise he saw and caught an 80lb sailfish inshore in Ostional when out to dive for octopus on local Elmar’s panga. Some other exciting shots will be the beach launches at Playa El Coco, as the swell was the biggest it had been in months and Chauquet was really impressed with the boating skills of the Fishing-Nicaragua’s Captain and crew; Eduardo, Adolfo and Darwin.

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Photo: Blue, Rancho Chilimate

Cyril Chauquet de Discovery Channel

escogió San Juan del Sur para su programa de pesca y aventuras

Cyril Chauquet,de ” Aventuras de  Pesca” (programa al aire en el Discovery Channel y ESPN) escogió el área de San Juan del Sur como una zona de juegos para una de sus aventuras que se mostrarán durante la temporada de 2012. El espectáculo Pesca y Transporte es un entretenido programa de una hora donde Chauquet se involucra en algunas de las actividades más inusuales, reúne a algunos locales, y por supuesto va a pescar.

Su aventura comenzó en SJDS en la  primera línea de playa en la bahía de SJDS fotografiando a algunos surfistas locales. Inmediatamente después saltó en un autobús local rumbo a Playa El Coco. Hizo de la casa de huéspedes “La Veranera” su campamento base y ha hecho un poco de surf y pesca con Jim Henderson e Ina Fusko, los propietarios del resort.

Algunos de los aspectos más destacados de este show será la “pesca del camarón de río” con Douglas y Luis en el monte, a unos 10 kilómetros de Tortuga. El segmento más inusual fue el surf casting (pescar con equipos desde la playa) montando de uno de los corceles de confianza Rancho Chilamate llamado “Colorado”, un hermoso corcel de 1.6 metros y no tiene miedo del agua. Chauquet lo montó con caña en la mano hasta que una ola rompió el sillín y el caballo ni se inmutó siquiera. En un momento dado, Chauquet se bajó del caballo al agua que le llegaba hasta el cuello, comenzó a hacer surf-casting y dejó que el caballo regresara a la playa por su propia cuenta. Posteriormente se fue de nuevo a la herrería El Yunque, en el Rancho Chilamate donde Jamie le ayudó a Chauquet a forjar su propio señuelo de pesca.

Chauquet hizo algo de pesca loca en una de las pequeñas islas rocosas en frente de La Flor, donde casi fue arrastrado al mar por una ola grande. Capturó muchos jureles, macarela, y bonitos (atún negro) desde una de las dos pangas de ” Fishing-Nicaragua”, pero el gran Pez Gallo que esperaba se le escapó. Sin embargo, para su sorpresa vio y atrapó un pez vela de bajura de 80 libras en El Ostional cuando salió a bucear en búsqueda de pulpos en pangas locales de Elmar. Otras interesantes y emocionantes  tomas serán las escenas de la panga entrando al mar en Playa El Coco, ya que el oleaje era el más grande que habíamos tenido en meses y Chauquet estaba muy impresionado con las habilidades de navegación del capitán de Fishing-Nicaragua y la tripulación; Eduardo, Adolfo y Darwin.

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Viva Latina America Blog … keeping it up!

By Blue, April 13th, 2011

“I had read about a ranch on TripAdvisor that had amazing write-ups but was a little expensive.   At the end of the day, however, I realised the reviews were right and it was worth every penny……”

READ FULL BLOG ENTRY ABOUT SAN JUAN DEL SUR HERE

As Sophia Carville – the editor writes:

Did you know that Lonely Planet and Rough Guides (i.e, the major guidebooks, the ones travellers RELY on) update their country books every three years?  Three years!  You can see their point from a sales point of view, but do you have any idea how much things can change in three years?

For example, those who visited Chile and Argentina only two years ago might speak eagerly of hotel rooms costing US$15-20.  Do you think that’s still the case?  Don’t worry; it was rhetorical: it’s not.

Not to worry, this is the era of the World Wide Web, and so we come to the reason for the existence of this site.  It’s an attempt to give some up-to-date information on hotels, restaurants and other travel basics like buses and border crossings, live from the countries themselves.  Obviously, they will only be relevant for a little while, too, but the entries are dated, and at least you can know that there wasn’t six months between the data collection and going to press.

We hope you find it useful, and if you find that anything has changed or you had a different experience from what is written, please do say so in the comments.  It will help others, and we can all enjoy Latin America without running out of cash! Ta muchly Sophie Carville, Editor

We are pleased that Viva Latina Posted Alice’s blog that highlighted her ride with us last month. Thanks Sophia and Alice!

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