Surf and Fish in Northern Nicaragua
It’s not just about the sick waves in Northern Nicaragua. If you’re into sport fishing, you can catch wahoo, dorado, tuna, and sailfish! Check out the video and book your trip with Surfari Charters or come down to the Marina to go out on their boat.
Lot #22 – Planting Non-GMO Corn and Beginning Construction
Since buying our lot a few months ago we’ve started making some improvements. The fence and some tree planting came first. Now we’ve hooked into the community water, have planted some non-GMO corn and have begun building our caretaker’s...
Lot #22 Caretaker’s House
We are the first to build on our lot at Brisas (other than the model home which is still in construction as well). We started by building a caretaker’s casita out of large bricks, with a Nicalit roof supported by Guanacaste beams. The house is 320 sq ft (including the...
GoPro Tail Cam at the Boom
Woke up before 5am, pounded some coffee, waxed up, snuck through the shortcut in the barbed wire fence, ran down to the beach, paddled out, and pulled into a few quick little tubes. It was small and gray but it was a good test of my GoPro Camera tail cam setup. Can’t...
Holly Scores a Good Left at the Boom
Waves like this await just a short walk down the beach from Brisas Del Alma.
Amigas Surf the Island Point
if the Boom isn’t happening or you aren’t into thumpy beach breaks, the island point is a fun left accessible by a very short boat ride. Check out these ladies enjoying the point on a fun swell in December. https://youtu.be/eTP-YqbZkP4
Tour of Lots #14 and #17
A tour by Kim Obermeyer of a couple of lots in the Brisas Del Alma development. This clip was filmed on a windy day in the dry season, soon after the land was burned to clear brush. In a month or two it will be nice and green again, but this gives you an idea of what...
Holly and Kim Break Ground on their Nicaraguan Nest
We’ve built a few houses/structures in Nicaragua so far, but none are really baby friendly. Either too small, no power, no water, or both, we had been planning the true family house for a while. Once we found out there was baby on the way,...
One Good Wave at the Boom
Back in December, I scored this really fun wave just down the beach from Brisas. I can’t wait to get our house finished so that I can walk to this wave on the daily! https://youtu.be/3sF9URmpxyY
Lot #22 House Construction Progress in Late April
A couple quick pictures of our house progress. For the full story, click the link below! Brisas House Progress in Late April.
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Surfing Around Brisas
Holly Beck owns a lot at Brisas and runs Womens Surf and Yoga Retreats at a beach nearby. In between surf retreats, she surfs right out front at the Boom. BOOM! https://youtu.be/tI73UTbobEs
Power Pole Installation in Progress
Lots at Brisas Del Alma will soon be one step closer to electrical illumination. All the necessary permits are in hand and there was a crew on the ground yesterday clearing the fence line of tree branches in preparation for installing the power posts and lines that...
Holly Beck and Kim Obermeyer Buy a Lot at Brisas Del Alma
Holly Beck and Kim Obermeyer Buy a Lot at Brisas Del Alma Professional Surfer Holly Beck and her husband Kim Obermeyer buy lot #22 in Brisas Del Alma Holly first came to Nicaragua in 2005 and bought land in 2007. She fell in love with the Boom right away and bought...
Planting Trees on our Lot at Brisas
We’re into the rainy season and everything is green and lush. The surveyor finally got all the concrete lot markers in place so we had a friend install a living fence around our lot (#22). Now that the horses are kept out, we are able to plant some trees. I had...