Blogs from Capital Region, Nicaragua, Central America Caribbean - page 21

Okay first of all. Sorry that I didnt think to put my address in that last entry. Silly me!! So here it is! Sabana Grande del Cementerio 4 Cuadras abajo Pablo Tellez/ Chelsea Dill Managua, Nicaragua, Central America So I celebrated my first birthday not with my family on Thursday and actually had an amazing time!! Hermana Connie and her son David gave me a pinata as my present because Connie makes them. So we had pizza and the most gorgeous cake Ive ever seen in my life and the pinata and we played musical chairs and did the limbo. haha it was such a great time. Most of the youth came and we just all hung out and goofed around and then spent a while smearing icing all over each others faces. I dont think ... read more

Dont have time for a huge update but I could use some help from people. I know not everyone has money and all but if any could send me some of these things it would be a god send. Black and green pipe cleaners. Food coloring. Corn starch. Large popsicle sticks. I could really really really use them for my classes. Esp the food coloring. I am good. Having the time of my life actually. Just so you all know. This country and its people have pretty much stolen my heart. Again. Te amo!... read more

Yo tengo tiempo ahora. SO i recently returned from the community of el tepayac in the campo(country side) outside of a little division named San Ramon. It was at the top of a mountain in a beautiful cloud forest and magnificent tropical hill side. Where there were banana leaves nearly as big as me and foliage everywhere. It had been raining recently and there was mud up to your ankles everywhere you went. Really it was one of the most beautiful places I have been. Pictures soon to follow. I was in a family of ten members, mostly young adults and two parents. There was a main house with a living room and sleeping room and a kithen/storage room in the side yard. There were also two other buildings across the road where two yound couples ... read more

So I just thought I would fill everyone in one some cultural differences I have noticed that are rather interesting. Men here seem to be much more polite to women but it has its ups and its downs. For example, on the bus its wonderful because a lot of guys give up their seats to them women on the bus and stand so that the women dont have to. When I go out with the guys from the church, they always let me sit first. Also even though I am fully capable of climbing in and out of the back of a truck, one of the guys will always help me. Theyre juts very polite towards women in this country. Heck, the guy who runs this Cyber Cafe pulled my chair out for me before ... read more

Today there is no school for us, and for kids who go to secondary and primary school here, they have off til wednesday because this weekend is the celebration of independence for Nica. So I have more than ample time to write before the power goes off. The victor jara concert i was at a couple nights ago opened up my eyes to the accesability art gives to revolutionary movement. Although I could understand very little of what was being sung by the groups at the concert there was a feeling of unity amongst the crowd singing along with the songs that is not apparent to me at other sing-along concerts. It could however also have been the amount of rum in my system, but i think not. within the youth of nicaragua there is a ... read more