MANAGUA
BOB AND CAMILLE IN MANAGUA
March 4 through 18, 2005
One-fifth of the Nicaragua’s 5 million people in the capital city. The bus and car culture is alive and well here but manages to co-exist with pedestrians, pony carts and bicycles.
OLD BUSES
We have heard that Nicaragua is where old school buses go after they break down and from what we have seen, we believe it. When they are running, they whiz by packed full of people and when they aren’t, the hood is up and someone is working on the engine.
RISING PRICE OF FUEL
Seems to be the same story all over the world.
VENDORS
Everyone has something to sell. When we travel in Angel’s taxi, we are accosted by people at every intersection selling plastic bags of drinking water or trying to clean the windshield for a peso (the equivalent of 6 cents.)
GASEOSA
Pepsi and Coke dominate the scene. The local word for Soda Pop is Gaseosa.
LITTLE SHOPS
FENCES
GRAFFITI
We found the graffiti on this wall to be extremely artistic.
SCHOOL KIDS
These sweet children represent hope for the future to their families.
