My first trip of 2012 involved a speaking engagement to my 121st recorded country, Nicaragua! Before this trip, when I thought of Nicaragua, I thought of Sandinistas, civil wars, communists, and Daniel Ortega.  Ortega is still there…in fact, he’s the president again, and the Sandinistas are still around.  But communism and the war are long gone and, let me tell you, Nicaragua is one unbelievably beautiful place.

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