Blogs from Managua, Capital Region, Nicaragua, Central America Caribbean - page 15

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

Hola amigos y amigas, I am excited that I get to write this now. In the part of Managua that I am residing there is no power available between 5 and 10 pm. that makes it difficult to stay up to date with these entries as class finishes at 5 and immediately the power goes out. One of our classes is held at CIES, a public healthcare school that has generators but closes their computer room at 3 pm, que triste. Anyway I had to trek over here in my first out of doors tropical rianstorm. I guess luckily I was the only one sensible enough, out of my friends, to have a rain jacket. In my first post I wrote about the beach near San Juan del Sur and I think I should expand on ... read more

Hola amigos, muchachos, and loved ones. This is my first entry in this blog from nicaragua. Welcome all to my world here through my words, and hopefully some photos. Please pardon my gramatic and spelling errors when you encounter them. I have been in Managua Nicaragua for a little over a week and a half. Where I have seen and tried to hear extreme amounts of cultural happenings that are still not quite making sense to me. A little about my siuation I am living in a middle working-class barrio called Maximo Jerez. There is no running water after 8 am and beginning this week the electricity will be turned off from 5-10pm, because last week it was from 2-7pm. There is of course an energy crisis that is causing this preplanned disturbance, but there is ... read more

So I dont know really how much time I have to update. Anyway my classes are going pretty well. Although and good advice or help would be great. Teaching the younger kids English is not easy so any good games or things like that would be awesome. Also if anyone doesnt mind paying the money to send me some Teaching ESL books that would be a god send. My older classes catch on really well though so Im excited about them. Even though David was already my little attachment and uhm maybe kinda my favorite, he has amazed me even more. He is SO smart and picks up English very very quickly. I love it. All the kids are awesome though. I hear Profe! Profe! (profesora is teacher in spanish) or Chelsea! Chelsea! and another one ... read more