After being in Nicaragua 6 days I have settled into a little routine. Let me share my days with you.
- Play water roulette! The water goes on and off during the day, and showers are a bit pot luck. Pretty much now, when ever I am home, I test if the water is on and have a shower (including the middle of the day). This was after not having a shower one night or the next morning either.. Thank goodness for wet ones (and the good old pommy wash). Have also resorted to filling empty water bottles with tap water for a bush shower - just in case.
- Always have a torch handy. This week the power has gone out every night for between 6-8 hours, but the time is always a bit of surprise. The worst is not being able to turn on the fan (it must be 90% humitity here at night and I am too scared to leave the door open. You never know what will crawl in).
- Study, Study, Study....Four hours a day at school (with four different teachers who each give me homework...). Homework takes up to 3-4 hours a day at the moment. And I thought this was a holiday! My most used words are 'no entiendo' and 'yo olvido' in class.
- Venture to the 'mecardo' for water, sweets, fruit... when ever I think I might need to get me through studying! Each shop specialised in a different thing, fruit, plastic, water, shoes...
- Have a coffee in Parque de Central with Patricia - who is staying in the same house as me (yes, you can even get lattes and iced coffee here) - actually the coffee is better than in the USA, probably because this is coffee growing country. Not a Starbucks in sight.
- Enjoy my three home cooked meals! This is the life....no cooking or cleaning (except my bedroom) or laundry. This is better than being a teenager again. I am pictured outside the front of my house. My room is great so long as I ignore the spiders and webs in the roof).
- Enjoy the slower pace of life - no driving, no peak traffic, no mobile phones.... Just lie in a hammock or in the sit in the park and enjoy the breeze and watching life in Nicaragua.
- Plan for weekend escapes. This weekend we are off to La Lagoona.
1 comment:
Hi Suzanne,
We're enjoying reading about your adventures. I have to admit that I would find it hard to ignore the spiders and webs on the ceiling where I was trying to sleep. What kind of foods are you eating? I'm sure the humidity makes you very sluggish. David, Mick and I miss you (Trouble probably does too, but she's too snooty to say so.) I'm visiting your blog often, love the photos and the journal of your days. Keep it up.
Love from your US family - The Schneiders
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