These lovely ladies and musicians greeted us as we debarked in Nicaragua. The Tourism Board describes Nicaragua as Unique and Original. It is the largest country in Central America and has 6 million inhabitants. Our tour was the Colonial Leon and Bubbling Mud Pots. During the afternoon a dust storm worked itself up into a major hazard. The farmers had prepared the fields for planting but the rains hadn't come and so the fields were dry and ready to whip into a bad day for being outdoors. I was able to put on David's handkerchief over my mouth and nose.
The plaza was particularly bad.
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| The dust storm across the bare fields |
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| Town |
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| Central statue |
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| A Fireman Captain had his funeral while we visited the cathedral. His body was taken to this fire truck by pall bearers. |
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| Inside the cathedral. These flowers were from the funeral |
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| This is the black Jesus rescued from when the cathedral was destroyed once. |
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| View from inside the cathedral |
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| Market by the cathedral |
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| School girls after school |
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| By the cathedral |
The next stop was the Bubbling Mud Pots. Some people have seen bubbling mud pots and said, you've seen one, you have seen them all. But we had never seen any in Nicaragua. I thought it was amazing. Even better was that it seemed to be run by a family who lived around the property. It was a small little tourist site. They sold crude pottery figures made from the mud. David bought one there. He was told that it was a pre-colombian artifact. He paid maybe a couple bucks. I think the boy who sold it to him made it.
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| A small boy offered to let me hold his parakeet, for a fee |
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| This is a small volcanic cone in the background |
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| I stood too close to take this movie and got hot mud on my calf. |
There is a huge lake in Nicaragua called Lake Nicaragua that almost bisects the country. There are talks with the Chinese to create another canal from the Pacific Ocean to the Atlantic to compete with the Panama Canal. Our lecturers mentioned it as though it will happen some day. But our Nicaraguan guide said it will never happen, but the Chinese are giving them money and talking about it. I didn't get the impression that much else was being done but talk right now. We'll see!
We had our second show by the Platters. This time David and I danced in the conga line and to some of the songs.
Nicaragua, 9:00am to 6:00pm. High 98, low 75, sunrise 5:21am, sunset, 6:13pm. Nicaraguan Cordoba Oro (NIO), US $1.00 = 26.2838 NIO. Spanish is the language spoken here.
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