Where the street have no name
Trip Start
Oct 01, 2008
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Trip End
Apr 01, 2009
Leon,
Nicaragua
Thursday, February 12, 2009
of Latin America. The postmen and taxi drivers just know where
everyone lives, I guess. Addresses are "2 block SE of Cathedral" or
something like that.
Very few Nicaraguans smoke.
Alka Seltzer is advertised in cafes/restaurants with no sense of irony.
Many towns still have horse drawn taxis, which hold more stuff than cars.
There are more bicycles than cars on the streets, often carry 3 people.
They
prefer old 80s music to tradional Latino tunes - in fact I have been
told that traditional Nicarguan music is in English from the Caribbean.
There
are no indigenous people to have traditional costumes but ladies of a
certain age wear frilly pinnies, the like of which havenīt been seen in
the west since the early 60s.
