Blogs from Capital Region, Nicaragua, Central America Caribbean - page 19

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

I am finding it difficult to write entries lately. Not for lack of topics to write about, but because I feel so inadequate explaining the complexity of my life down here--even things that may seem simple, like my daily routine, or my trip to Granada this weekend. I feel a burden of explanation and honesty. But the honesty I would like to portray is difficult to access from my limited perspective and without better language skills. The story is always much longer than any of us want to endure. I am going to try to write about small things, and perhaps with a collection of tiny windows into this life, you will all be able to piece together something more true that any summary I could compile. small thing #1: Hairbrush I have been meaning to ... read more

We took a day trip to Masaya from Granada. The bus terminal at Masaya was the muddiest we had seen so far and the market the most disgusting. But we were here for the Old Market - Mercado Viejo. This one was very civilised with lots of stalls full of tourist tat. We couldn't help it, we had to buy a little painted box with Nicaragua written on it. We walked, pausing to see the churches on the way, down the waterfront where we had a lovely view of the volcano and lake. On the way we saw lots of hammock makers selling their hammocks from their front porches. We then took a taxi to the bottom of the hill with the fort on it. We walked up. It was hot but we needed the exercise. ... read more