At the Start

My boyfriend Ian, is a man of great ambition who sees potential for growth and development in an eco-friendly development named La Vista, just north of Gigante, Nicaragua on the Pacific side of the country. On a recent visit, he became acquainted with two men from Australia who had recently bought up a grip of land in the afore mentioned area and were selling plots in the La Vista development that boast an "off-the-grid" lifestyle complete with thatched roof casitas and the ability to run off of solar and wind power. The purpose of Ian's visit was to stake out a spot for a meager investment. He wants something that's his, something that has the potential to generate revenue while we're are away and something that we can potentially flip in the future if in the end, it's not the life for us anymore.

Being the man that he is, I trust his judgement with all of my heart and am excited at the prospects of living abroad, learning Spanish, and running as far away from the race of American life as possible. I have no problem with the notion of surfing my thirties away accompanied by the most simple form of lifestyle that two human beings can reasonably create. Life in a thatched roof casita with the man I love sounds pretty righteous.

So begins our journey...