¡tres barrio chic!

A totally non-serious fun shoot we played with showcasing the new range of barrio chic mini skirts for WANDERLUST now available at Naked Tiger!

technicolour dreams

Cold drinks, la pescina, hammocks, killer sunset, happy staff...

What more do you want?

Chaise lounging at Naked Tiger Hostel, located just 2km outside of town with the most spectacular views over San Juan Del Sur. A shuttle runs every 2 hours making it the perfect escape for poolside luxing, sunset dreaming, cooling down with a few cervecas, chilling to the grooves or just contemplating life in a  hammock.

children of la mar

Once a month we take el ninos to la playa for surf lessons care of local volunteers.

A wet and wonderfully rewarding day splashing in foam and riding waves, the ocean becomes a playground of marine babies!

Yin & Yang : LIFE FORCE

Carlos a local Nicaraguan has been teaching music at the school the past few years. He emparts his gift onto the children, who orchestrated a full scale musical for the final presentation night.... beating jungle drums, pied piper fluting and sweet little Spanish voices.

Five weeks, 5 teachers, 4 lead volunteers and 10 assistant volunteers, The Yin Yang Creative Arts Program educated students of the BPP in photography, poetry, contemporary dance, theatre, puppetry, zinemaking and found object installation. Volunteers from across the globe contributed in a month long workshop concluding in a final presentation evening at the school.

I volunteered with photography, teaching and wrangling 2 ninos for the night photography cirriculum. Each night we had a different theme to interpret, with the grand finale a showcase of each child's favourite 5 and top photograph overall.

Now I know what it feels like to be a proud parent. 

After 5 weeks of intensive art education the students put on an impressive show stopping presentation in front of over 250 family and community members. The workshop theme was Yin & Yang. Each class presented their interpretation of balance in life's opposing forces.

The final photography showcase weaved together with spanish guitar literally silenced the audience. There's something so breathtakingly moving and raw about viewing the world through children's eyes.

These kids from the Barrios have talent.

Some now even consider photography as something they want to be when they grow up. 

I'm overjoyed to have been a part of getting young creative juices flowing and showing these kids they can achieve whatever they want, they just have to give it a go.
View the photography showreel here

The following images a small selection from my kids Israel and Fatima...

Photography by Fatima 15yo

Photography by Israel 13yo 

shooting the breeze

The Borracho Bridge (borracho = drunk)

I fondly named San Juan's mini San Fran bridge due to the unsteady feeling when crossing. 

If you're not already drunk this construction will be sure to make you feel so.

Gateway to Maderas Beach one of the common spots I go to surf.
Rephrase, watch the surfers.

Hitching a ride to the next beach is the way to get to the next destination, unless you have a car which few do. If the kids can do it, anyone can.

Mi amigo Luigi is bueno at catching waves AND rides.

The only way to travel in Nica.
Flags flying, hair in the wind, big smiles.

Surf travel gets serious

.... the windswept freedom of open air travel