Street vendors in the Deserted Downtown

These 2 street vendor kids were literally the ONLY people we saw in this section of the lakefront. Their shabbiness looked out-of-place against the elaborate modern architectiure of the newly reconstructed Government buildings. One of them gave me a rose made of dried palm-leaf for free, and told me a poem (in a rehearsed monotone)in Spanish. "You speak English?" he askes, "You bu-tee-fool", he tells me. I felt depressed.

Managua: Desterted City Core & Urban Forest

June 12th 2006
I have just reterned from a week long vactaion in Managua (as Juliana´s sister was visiting from the US, so she took the week off to spend time with her-- and I came along). I feel bad about the time away from the job, and spent the first 5 days feeling guilty and restless (I have realised that "relaxation" is something very trying for me, and I get very stressed-out when my time is not constant ... read more

Central America Caribbean » Nicaragua » Capital Region » Managua

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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