Corinto January 29th 2007 Riddle: How does an American woman with long blonde hair blend in when surrounded by Nicaraguans?
Answer: She doesn´t.
Even with the hair pulled up under a sombrero (which incidentally makes matters worse... Nicaraguans don´t wear sombreros). I might have been better off with a ponytail. I´ll skip the details for Aunt Marilyn´s sake, but suffice to say I´m glad to be out of Corinto.
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Central America Caribbean » Nicaragua The Pacific Coast of Nicaragua was settled as a Spanish colony from Panama in the early 16th century. Independence from Spain was declared in 1821 and the country became an independent republic in 1838. Britain occupied the Caribbean Coast in the fir... ... read more
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