Blogs from Northern Highlands, Nicaragua, Central America Caribbean - page 15

Not much going on. Got back from all of my travels. And am now in the community until the second week of June when I go help out with some training days. Went to the baseball game on Sunday. Moropoto has a team - mostly middle aged men from our town with some kids from the surrounding communities.... I love going to hometown games where everyone knows all the players... like little league! The whole Moropoto side was off its rocker - mostly guys and teenagers - very few women. Most of the women were selling things. Like tajadas - or bags of fried banana chips with a bit of tomato and cabbage salad in the bag, too, with salt and chili... for 2 cords... or 10 cents. Or cigaretts. Or big slices of watermelon. Or ... read more

Okay, so I´m not much into politics. And it´s hard to keep in touch with them when you´re in a foreign country. I will say that I have become slightly more republican since being abroad from the good ol´USofA. And a helluva lot more patriotic and defensive about my country, tis of thee. Okay, maybe not more repuuuublican... maybe just less of a liberal democrat. Or fiscally republican and socially democrat? Quien sabe. Anyway, the point is that I honestly don´t keep up with politics. But that doesn´t stop me from having an opinion. This morning at breakfast the older volunteer couple - they´re in their 60´s and live in a site without electricity - and I and another young volunteer were eating breakfast.... And they brought up the apparent event that Obama released the memos ... read more

Over grensa bar det og rett inn i ein ny buss. Ein ska alli bli forstokt over kva slag folk som vi selge eller tilby ein ting paa bussturar. Matselgarar, menn me vatn, brus og ol og gamle kaaner med heimelaga boller hoyrer til det meir vanlege. Pa denne bussturen fann ogsaa ein pengevekslar ell to og ein predikant med paaskekollekt og preken paa spansk vegen inn i midtganga. Lurt aa spare tid: Halde preken medan du likevel skal fraa A til B med bussen:) Ellers er paaskefeiring i latinamerika ganske keisamt. ALT er stort sett stengt, inkludert barar og restaurantar, og i to dagar levde eg difor paa drikkeyoughurt og appelsinjuice. Eg kan ikkje sei anna enn at eg var ganske glad daa langfredagen var over og busstransport endeleg var mogleg igjen, og endaa ein ... read more

Okay, I am sick. Like sinus infection, muscle aches, slept all last night without moving, sick. Mostly because the day before yesterday I was pissed the hell off all day and ended up crying... and the only other time that that has happened to such an extent, I also got sick right afterward. Apparently my body cannot handle stress like that here. Even though I take vitamins every day. So. I cancelled English class and came to Somoto to get some damn antibiotics and get over this before it really gets underway. But that´s not why I´m writing. I´m writing a post so that I can post photos of my trip to the cañón de Somoto with Lenin and Ozmancito. So, without further ado, here they are... ps mail shoutouts to my mom, for the newspaper ... read more

things i love... The Green Market in Estelí on Friday mornings. It is the best place for breakfast. I had a bag of fruit. A bag of mixed potato-malanga-banana chips with salad and salsa. And two papusas, or little buns filled with fried cheese and chicken that rock my world with salad and salsa. And I bought vegetables for Moncha. Oh, and I had a queso tamale, too. This internet place next to the park and the boy who works here. He is cute and nice and plays good music. Carne asada in the park. Meat in general. Street food. Love it. Miss it. Practically all I survived on in the China. Estelí. It is still my city. Yeah, Somoto is there. But Estelí is where it´s at. Bold Kreative Photography. http://www.facebook.com/photos.php?id=49262634134 Things I don´t love... ... read more