Blogs from Managua, Capital Region, Nicaragua, Central America Caribbean - page 12

My big day arrives. My last memories from the Unites States still linger in my head…a ver…it was New Years Eve, and I just finished babysitting for the Higgins, a family on Lake of the Isles. Although it is New Years, my evening is not that boring. I get to see luxury and abundance one last time before I leave the country. They get back around midnight and just as I walk out to my door to get something in my car, I hear fireworks in the distance. A beautiful lake and the memorable sound of fireworks synced together like vanilla and chocolate. Quite a memorable moment. The next day, I pack, pack pack. Power packing. I think it took me 10 hours! I finish packing around midnight. I didn’t get any sleep. My flight left ... read more

Welcome to Sarah and Rick's new blog site! Sorry to switch the address so quickly, but we feel that this sight will provide everyone with a better interface through which to vicariously experience Nicaragua. You may notice that some of the old entries are now illustrated in Technicolor (they have pictures)! As an added bonus, you can subscribe to this blog and automatically receive an email each time we post a new entry. We promise that you won't get any spam from this subscription. Many of you have already been subscribed. We won't be offended if you choose to unsubscribe at any time. Now, to proceed with the adventures of Sarah and Rick! Last week we had our first official visitors from the states: Dave and Trisha. Very excited to play tour guides for the first ... read more

So I realized in reading my last long entry that I somehow manage to forget some rather important things that I have no idea how I forgot them. I guess I just am thinking about so many things at once that I forget sometimes. But thats okay because I eventually get everything on here. Halloween was forever ago, I know. But it was definitely an interesting day for me since its my favorite holiday. I spent a few days before halloween decorating the school with crepe paper, paper pumpkins, ghosts and witches hats and using yarn to make spider webs. I had fun doing it and was actually starting to get rather excited. Plus in all my art classes we were making masks: witches, chucky, butterflies, ghosts, scary faces, tigers and any other random things the ... read more

We recently went to a Nicaraguan Professional League Baseball game here in Managua. We went with some of our neighbors and sat along the first base side in a section affectionately known as "the jail." It's closed off to the rest of the crowd and the field because it's the all you can drink section. Apparently, the partyers have been known to make a run onto the field. The night was interesting because of 2 reasons: 1) The Boer Indians (or Indios del Boer) have the same exact copied logo of the Cleveland Indians. I'm pretty sure US copyright laws don't hold much sway down here. In case you're wondering, the Boer were a native tribe that inhabited the area now known as Managua. 2) I went to a website known as bacanalnica.com that serves as ... read more

Wow! I am really sorry that I havent updated this in forever. I really havent had much time because Ive been enjoying the time at the project so much that I have been leaving later and when Im at home in Sabana Grande I dont like getting on the computer because Im with all my friends there haha. Ill try to get as much in as I can in the next half hour but then I have to leave to get my next two buses so If I dont finish, I will try again tomorrow!! Ugh it has been like three weeks since Ive updated. Lets see. Hm. Okay wayyy back I was talking to Veronica, my older adopted sister at Chacocente haha, about how she used to work in the sweatshops. Now Ive always known ... read more