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With pumpkins still growing in many of our local Ventura fields, and Thanksgiving just around the corner, Fall is upon us as the air gets slightly cooler with those hot intermittent Santa Anna winds. These changes give me cause to…

While we were in Playa Gigante in June this year helping out with the construction of the new Gigante Community Health Center, we wanted to see if there were any eco-tourism opportunities in town to help out the local women…

Volunteers pushing up the water tower for the Gigante Community Health Center. Photo: Angela R. Kirwin It is always amazes me how fast our summers go by. It seems like just yesterday that we were in Nicaragua working with Project…

Playa Gigante, Nicaragua We returned to Playa Gigante, Nicaragua in December, this time with our kids, to help out two local non-profits that are doing a lot to keep this part of the world beautiful and the locals healthy and…

Mark Kirwin at Playa Gigante Surf nomads discovered the perfect surf breaks of the west coast of Nicaragua about 30 years ago. From Playa Colorado to Playa Popoyo, surfers from all over the world have made the Pacific coast of…
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