November 10, 2026 BY WES FINLEY
How to Smuggle Drugs into Nicaragua
A last-minute trip to Costa Rica becomes a Nicaraguan misadventure involving lost Canadians, a dying Honda Civic, and something unexpected in my backpack.
Read the storyPERSONAL STORIES. QUESTIONABLE JUDGMENT.
It seemed like a good idea
at the time.
Life, fatherhood, nostalgia, and the occasional spectacular lapse in judgment. All documented for your amusement.
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