A TRIP TO BIG CORN
January 27, 2005
In which Bob took the panga to Big Corn to buy a few things, including a new
wheelbarrow wheel and some shrimp and lobster. There isn’t much more
going on over on Big Corn Island than there is on Little Corn as far as I
can tell from the images he brought back in our camera.
THE PANGA STATION
Arrival from La Islita (the little island) to La Isla (the island) begins here at the wharf side of the Panga Station. Fermin, Little Corn’s one Panga driver, leaves Little Corn at 7am and runs to Big Corn. He returns at 10:30 and goes out again at 2pm. Our guests are generally met by a congenial taxi driver named Elvis who brings his white pick up truck and takes them to the airport.
STREET LIFE
Nicaragua is the second poorest country in the western hemisphere and it shows. The streets are mostly unpaved and potholed. On our drive to the airport, Elvis made good use of his horn while deftly dodging oncoming vehicles, pedestrians and large rocks along the way.
HOUSE BUILT FROM LOBSTER
Because of the stack of lobster traps out front, Bob thought this house belonged to someone who made their living trapping and selling lobster.
Biodiesel – not just for the developed world.
RESORT
The glamour side of the island.
BEACH SCENE
This is a typical beach scene – not much happening, a fishing boat, some barbed
wire, sand and the palms.
A STORE
The back of a shop is a study in local non-negotiables, as in the baskets on the roof and the big steel pots hanging on the side of a post. What I like best about this scene is that the architecture is dwarfed by the trees.
LAUNDRY IN THE BUSH
Again, I love the fact that this household has not taken over the landscape.
BAYOU, NICARAGUAN STYLE
This looks a lot like Louisiana.