oh, and to answer your question about bandwidth, internet cable service was rolled out in that SJDS about 3 years ago, and typical speeds are above a megabit. High speed wireless service can be had from the nearby tower via condor.com.ni with a fiber connection to Rivas.
2011/8/23 Dave Taht <[email protected]>: > 2011/8/23 Leandro Gómez <[email protected]>: >> On Tue, Aug 23, 2011 at 9:30 AM, Dave Taht <[email protected]> wrote: >>> >>> I would argue more strongly in favor of the more relaxed, fun SJDS >>> area for a conference over managua. >>> >>> There are sufficient hotels, etc, to fit in lots of geeks... as well >>> as surf, music, and good food... >>> >>> and I have lots of contacts down there that could help sort it out. >>> >> >> Hi Dave! >> Here's the response I sent to -team: >> San Juan del Sur is indeed a much nicer place than the city of Managua. It's >> on the beach, 140 km. south of Managua, near the border with Costa Rica. >> I've always wanted to organize a conference in SJS, but for DebConf it's not >> an option. >> SJS is far more expensive than Managua. An hotel room costs aprox. $50 per >> person per night. The hotels are much smaller than in Managua, most of them >> with barely 15-20 rooms. One of the exceptions is Villas de Palermo, with 50 >> 'villas' and a total capacity for 250 people. It's one of the more expensive >> places; $60-85 per person per night. Villas de Palermo is a spa/resort, so >> there's no conference facilities in place. >> Another potential problem with SJS is connectivity. It would be difficult >> (and too expensive) to have a somewhat decent Internet connection. >> Oh, and we don't have locals in SJS. Planning and logistics would be a >> nightmare for us (just travelling by bus MGA-SJS-MGA could take up to 5-6 >> hours). > > Adalante express gets you there in under 2 hours. Expresso busses do > the same. Both are cheap. The roads have improved dramatically in the > last few years. > > There are plenty of youth hostels and the like with rates as low as > 7/night. Plenty of other houses/etc to rent as well. > > I found managua pretty expensive too - and dangerous - and steamy hot, > and not much uniquely central american, and expensive to get around > in, where in SJDS you can walk everywhere and/or get a cheap trip to > places like this: > > http://www.nicaraguasurfreport.com/reportlist.php?id_secc=3&x_date=2011-08-18&z_date=%3D%2C%27%2C%27 > > As I lived there for 4+ years (I left during the survivor TV show's > filming stay last summer), as one of the few geeks there (I was > somewhat part of the OLPC project and spent most of my time working on > wisp6), I so wanted to pull together a conference, and get a few geeks > down there to experience the good parts - ocean, beach, sun, bars, > music, people - that SJDS had to offer, that are far more unique and > wonderful than what a random hotel in a > still-recovering-from-earthquake capital city can offer. > > As for conference facilities, depends on how much you need... you > could easily take over several restaurants during the day... > > Anyway, I've made my pitch. I was planning to be back there by january > myself, and could help. > > -- > Dave Täht > SKYPE: davetaht > US Tel: 1-239-829-5608 > http://the-edge.blogspot.com > -- Dave Täht SKYPE: davetaht US Tel: 1-239-829-5608 http://the-edge.blogspot.com _______________________________________________ Debconf-team mailing list [email protected] http://lists.debconf.org/mailman/listinfo/debconf-team
