Dude is an animal. Nobody is putting out quality content at this pace. With all that is going on in the region, it is especially needed. People still ask me "is Nicaragua safe?". They think the war is still going on.
Mail is definitely a thing here, you can get mail from the US it just takes a long time. Also, if you get a traffic ticket as a Nica and pay it at the bank you’ll get your license thru the mail. You can go to the post office and send mail to the US, but again, it will take a long time and might get lost.
@@ScottAlanMillerVlog Yes, because you have a foreign license. If you have a Nica license you pay the ticket at the bank and get your license thru the mail.
IDL / IDP is not a pain to get. Just go into a local AAA office and it's super easy. If you are abroad, you can mail it in. (I had my parents print everything and send it in for me).
The Yellow fever is more about where you are coming from. Yes, coming from North America or Europe, but someone coming from Yellow Fever Countries does need it. I think you are saying this, but it's a bit confusing. They are going to look at your flight to see where you are coming FROM.
Hey Scott! Can you please expand on the issues of cellphone? Especially what type of cell services are mostly used by people coming from Canada that are spending time, 1month or more in Nicaragua? I have watched your videos on cells but it mostly relates to people coming from the USA. Any insight would be greatly appreciated.
Good day Scott, my question is there any towns,villages on the Caribbean coast of Nicaragua to live in.. I've guard a little about Bluefield, but that's it.. all the best.
They exist, but the region is extremely empty and extremely poor. For Nicaraguans it is considered a backwater and is a culturally unrelated region. Bluefields and Puerta Cabaza are your only major settlements out there and if you saw drone shots of them, you'd understand immediately. They are also commonly impacted by hurricanes. The east coast sounds attractive because of the word Caribbean, but most people picture the Lesser Antilles Islands, not the Mosquito Coast jungle.
It's not considered that way. The beaches from each are pretty far. Chinandega isn't that far, but it's the industrial port of Corinto, not a traditional beach. Diriamba's beaches are quite far and it's tiny compared to Leon so there is a ton of countryside between.
Those cities have associated beaches, as does La Paz Centro, El Viejo, Rivas and Managua... but they are beaches associated, not in the metro. None of them are used as local restaurants or part of the metro public transit or on the standard taxi runs. The Leon beaches are actively neighborhoods of the city.
@@ScottAlanMillerVlog The distance between Diriamba and La Boquita is about the same as Leon to Las Penitas. About a 30 minute drive or so. But I get what you’re saying, Diriamba would be considered a town, not so much a city.
I can get from Leon to Las Peñitas in 12 minutes. Diriamba's outskirts ends like three blocks from downtown. But Leon's goes on a long way. So city center to beach, they might be similar. But from nearest city block to beach, very different.
Hi Scott! Thx for always providing such valuable information. I’d like for you share information regarding moving to Nicaragua from the USA, the containers to move my home and a car or two.
No one has done this in years (we are told.) We know of about one person that has tried this in recent times and they lost everything. The shipping company was a scam and they literally lost all of their possessions. The lack of people moving to Nicaragua now, and the huge post-COVID problems with shipping containers has created a situation where essentially no one has done this in years. Everyone who moves here does so without bringing stuff from the USA. Also, given that you are required to move here, live here, and get residency before you do that process, it basically negates any value to it. And realistically, you don't want to do this. The cost generally is high enough, and the risk high enough, that there's no reason to consider it. The cost will be so high, and the value so low, that most people just sell what they have and buy what makes sense here. At this point, I literally know no person who has ever managed to ship stuff from the US to here by container.
26:05 regarding phone service from Canada, I will share my approach which jas worked out fine for me so far: I am a remote worker. My company provides me with a dedicated VOIP number. I also purchased a personal VOIP service via Ooma Business, which provides a calling app on my device. Both of these are Canadian numbers. Finally, I have a Tigo card which gives me a Nica number for local calling. What does this combo allow me to do? From anywhere in the country, I can either connect to WiFi (widely available) or the Tigo network of I'm on the go, and I can make and recieve calls from Canada for business or personal as though I'm in Canada. If I need to make a local call, I've got my 505 number.. All on one device, anywhere, anytime.
Mostly get paper bills handed to us in the city or stuck in the fence or given to security out in the country. You can normally pay in a bank, in person at the office, once in a while you can pay online, or stop by the corner market and pay.
Thanks for another informative video Scott. I have a question unrelated to Nicaragua, but you're so informed on such a wide variety of topics that I thought you might know the answer. I'm reading an article that reports that Panama is cutting back on the number of ships allowed through the canal due to drought. Apparently then need 50 million gallons of fresh water for each ship going through the canal. Do you know why they can't pump in ocean water? I realize it's a lot of water to pump, but they will be losing $700 million because of the cutback.
Do the business phone systems provide for calls when one is out of the office, in other words, Is using a cell phone part of the system. It seems that in some business situations you would need to be reachable when you're not sitting in the office.
They do better than that. You never want a call to leave your business phone system, ever. The idea of going to a cell call is bad because you are dialing a third party system and losing control - something a business never wants to do. A true business call has no locality, so an app on your cell phone (but not the cell service), an app on a laptop, an app on a desktop, anything can be used to take a call. Remember in business phones there is no "office", there is no such thing as a home base or remote... everything, everywhere is equal as long as you have Internet access.
So for example if I'm at the bar at night, liek I will be tonight, I can still get and make calls just as if I am in the office (except for the band in the background, lol.) I can send people to my office voicemail, I can transfer a call back to my staff in the "office", I can conference people in or transfer to a queue or conference line, if I make a call it shows that I'm calling from the office, when I answer the call there is no second ringing of being forwarded, etc. Just like a call to a "real business" is expected to behave. Once you go to a cell phone, customers KNOW something is weird. They might not know it is a cell phone, but they can tell that the call quality drops, that there is extra rings, that the voicemail is someone's home not their business account, that they can't be conferenced or transfered, etc. It sounds strange until you work in phones, but when you do, you realize how unprofessional a cell phone sounds and that people are subconsciously aware when the call goes to someone's personal account rather than being part of the corporate system.
@@ScottAlanMillerVlog thanks. Mi sister had the idea that her son was around subtiaba. And there was a chance that perhaps you meet him. Thank for your quick answer. Warm regards.
Oh, not in Miami but in Sutiava. If I know him I easily wouldn't know his name. Sutiava isn't small, but if you can get me more information about him, I know people who know a lot of people.
Thanks Scott! The name is french, so you can expect a few silent letters. Here's how to pronounce it: AL D'(howl like a wolf)
Hi Scott👋I admire your work ethic. My husband and I do want to move there. Thank you.
Thank you :)
Dude is an animal. Nobody is putting out quality content at this pace. With all that is going on in the region, it is especially needed.
People still ask me "is Nicaragua safe?". They think the war is still going on.
Mail is definitely a thing here, you can get mail from the US it just takes a long time. Also, if you get a traffic ticket as a Nica and pay it at the bank you’ll get your license thru the mail. You can go to the post office and send mail to the US, but again, it will take a long time and might get lost.
They've always told us if you get a ticket that you must go to Managua to get it back.
@@ScottAlanMillerVlog Yes, because you have a foreign license. If you have a Nica license you pay the ticket at the bank and get your license thru the mail.
Ah, ok, makes sense.
IDL / IDP is not a pain to get. Just go into a local AAA office and it's super easy. If you are abroad, you can mail it in. (I had my parents print everything and send it in for me).
Dude congrats on the new equimpment, you will capture the beauty of nicaragua more vividly
THanks!
The Yellow fever is more about where you are coming from. Yes, coming from North America or Europe, but someone coming from Yellow Fever Countries does need it. I think you are saying this, but it's a bit confusing. They are going to look at your flight to see where you are coming FROM.
Hey Scott! Can you please expand on the issues of cellphone? Especially what type of cell services are mostly used by people coming from Canada that are spending time, 1month or more in Nicaragua?
I have watched your videos on cells but it mostly relates to people coming from the USA. Any insight would be greatly appreciated.
Good day Scott, my question is there any towns,villages on the Caribbean coast of Nicaragua to live in.. I've guard a little about Bluefield, but that's it.. all the best.
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They exist, but the region is extremely empty and extremely poor. For Nicaraguans it is considered a backwater and is a culturally unrelated region. Bluefields and Puerta Cabaza are your only major settlements out there and if you saw drone shots of them, you'd understand immediately. They are also commonly impacted by hurricanes. The east coast sounds attractive because of the word Caribbean, but most people picture the Lesser Antilles Islands, not the Mosquito Coast jungle.
I think Diriamba and Chinandega are also considered to have beaches in their metro area which are easily accessible. Correct me if I’m wrong.
It's not considered that way. The beaches from each are pretty far. Chinandega isn't that far, but it's the industrial port of Corinto, not a traditional beach. Diriamba's beaches are quite far and it's tiny compared to Leon so there is a ton of countryside between.
Those cities have associated beaches, as does La Paz Centro, El Viejo, Rivas and Managua... but they are beaches associated, not in the metro. None of them are used as local restaurants or part of the metro public transit or on the standard taxi runs. The Leon beaches are actively neighborhoods of the city.
@@ScottAlanMillerVlog The distance between Diriamba and La Boquita is about the same as Leon to Las Penitas. About a 30 minute drive or so. But I get what you’re saying, Diriamba would be considered a town, not so much a city.
I can get from Leon to Las Peñitas in 12 minutes. Diriamba's outskirts ends like three blocks from downtown. But Leon's goes on a long way. So city center to beach, they might be similar. But from nearest city block to beach, very different.
@@ScottAlanMillerVlog Ah yeah, that’s true.
Hi Scott!
Thx for always providing such valuable information.
I’d like for you share information regarding moving to Nicaragua from the USA, the containers to move my home and a car or two.
No one has done this in years (we are told.) We know of about one person that has tried this in recent times and they lost everything. The shipping company was a scam and they literally lost all of their possessions. The lack of people moving to Nicaragua now, and the huge post-COVID problems with shipping containers has created a situation where essentially no one has done this in years. Everyone who moves here does so without bringing stuff from the USA.
Also, given that you are required to move here, live here, and get residency before you do that process, it basically negates any value to it. And realistically, you don't want to do this. The cost generally is high enough, and the risk high enough, that there's no reason to consider it. The cost will be so high, and the value so low, that most people just sell what they have and buy what makes sense here.
At this point, I literally know no person who has ever managed to ship stuff from the US to here by container.
I'll add this to the show for tomorrow of things to cover.
@@ScottAlanMillerVlog Thanks so much Scott. I am looking forward to tomorrow’s show 👍🏻
26:05 regarding phone service from Canada, I will share my approach which jas worked out fine for me so far:
I am a remote worker. My company provides me with a dedicated VOIP number. I also purchased a personal VOIP service via Ooma Business, which provides a calling app on my device. Both of these are Canadian numbers.
Finally, I have a Tigo card which gives me a Nica number for local calling.
What does this combo allow me to do? From anywhere in the country, I can either connect to WiFi (widely available) or the Tigo network of I'm on the go, and I can make and recieve calls from Canada for business or personal as though I'm in Canada. If I need to make a local call, I've got my 505 number.. All on one device, anywhere, anytime.
Theres still people in the usa that dont know how to use email ( in regards to post office comments )
Hi Scott how do you pay your utility bills how are you notified and know when to pay them
Mostly get paper bills handed to us in the city or stuck in the fence or given to security out in the country. You can normally pay in a bank, in person at the office, once in a while you can pay online, or stop by the corner market and pay.
Thanks for another informative video Scott. I have a question unrelated to Nicaragua, but you're so informed on such a wide variety of topics that I thought you might know the answer. I'm reading an article that reports that Panama is cutting back on the number of ships allowed through the canal due to drought. Apparently then need 50 million gallons of fresh water for each ship going through the canal. Do you know why they can't pump in ocean water? I realize it's a lot of water to pump, but they will be losing $700 million because of the cutback.
I have the answer on tomorrow's video :)
@@ScottAlanMillerVlog awesome! Thanks.
@@ScottAlanMillerVlog awesome! Thanks.
Do the business phone systems provide for calls when one is out of the office, in other words, Is using a cell phone part of the system. It seems that in some business situations you would need to be reachable when you're not sitting in the office.
They do better than that. You never want a call to leave your business phone system, ever. The idea of going to a cell call is bad because you are dialing a third party system and losing control - something a business never wants to do. A true business call has no locality, so an app on your cell phone (but not the cell service), an app on a laptop, an app on a desktop, anything can be used to take a call. Remember in business phones there is no "office", there is no such thing as a home base or remote... everything, everywhere is equal as long as you have Internet access.
I can see there are significant advantages. Just wondering, does the app on a cellphone work when there is no wifi availble? @@ScottAlanMillerVlog
Yes, no need for wifi. Just need Internet. So anywhere with cell coverage OR anywhere with wifi.
Slick!@@ScottAlanMillerVlog
So for example if I'm at the bar at night, liek I will be tonight, I can still get and make calls just as if I am in the office (except for the band in the background, lol.) I can send people to my office voicemail, I can transfer a call back to my staff in the "office", I can conference people in or transfer to a queue or conference line, if I make a call it shows that I'm calling from the office, when I answer the call there is no second ringing of being forwarded, etc. Just like a call to a "real business" is expected to behave. Once you go to a cell phone, customers KNOW something is weird. They might not know it is a cell phone, but they can tell that the call quality drops, that there is extra rings, that the voicemail is someone's home not their business account, that they can't be conferenced or transfered, etc. It sounds strange until you work in phones, but when you do, you realize how unprofessional a cell phone sounds and that people are subconsciously aware when the call goes to someone's personal account rather than being part of the corporate system.
Hi Mr Miller. I am wondering if you know Pablo Ramirez from Miami. My sister, who live in Miami, is trying to find him
I'm not from Miami. I'm afraid i only know a total of two people there.
@@ScottAlanMillerVlog thanks. Mi sister had the idea that her son was around subtiaba. And there was a chance that perhaps you meet him. Thank for your quick answer. Warm regards.
Oh, not in Miami but in Sutiava. If I know him I easily wouldn't know his name. Sutiava isn't small, but if you can get me more information about him, I know people who know a lot of people.