Something I saw this afternoon impressed me quite a bit. Imagine a person who is deaf and blind. How would you communicate with him or her? It is possible using sign language and touch. This man from Managua is named Marvin. The other young fellow teaching him is named Eugine, who is from Bluefields, Nicaragua.
Please note the pictures and the video.
Here are some local dishes, all sampled by me!!!! Yummy!!!! The first one is a fried sea bass cut of fish covered in an onion, green and red pepper and cream sauce….
The second is breaded lobster….
The third is a whole Red Snapper fried up deliciously….
Each of these dishes is served with tostones (made from green fried plantains – “poor man’s french fries” as I like to call them, rice and some rickety salad. Why eat rice when we’ve got these delicacies? That’s what I’m talking about….
Check out these beans – before and after. How did they get so clean? Well, just before planting season, the daily trade winds take care of that. Check out the video. Don’t forget to click on the beans if you want to see them close up…and please forgive my dirty hands!
Here is an example of excellent entrepreneurship in a Managua barrio. Please – if you need any shoe repairs, just go to the address listed here. If it doesn’t work, just click on any of the ads in this blog. Ha ha ha ha
This man has secured a free ride on the back of this tractor, in the rural area of Chinandega, Nicaragua.
Just a few feet from our front door stands this relic. I have often pondered, asking myself how that thing got twisted the way it is. Was it a freak Twister? Or a twisting Freak? Only heaven and one or two others know….
Here are some delicious drinks. Click on the picture to enlarge it. The one on the left is made out of milk, sugar and cacao (from the cocoa plant) which is native to the tropical Americas. You can learn more about it here: http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Cacao.
The one in the middle is an excellent mixture of bananas, milk and sugar and maybe a drop or two of vanilla.
The third drink is made of flaxseed, lemon, water and sugar. It is very good as well. Read more about flaxseed here: http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Flax#Flax_seed.
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This is where I want my laboratory work done….
Aquí es donde quiero que se hagan mis exámenes….
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This is an excellent traditional or local food here in Nicaragua, particular in the milk producing regions of the country. It’s basically like string cheese but flattened like a crepe. On top of that goes a wonderful mixture of salt, onions and vinegar, and finally, delicious sweet cream on top. Wash that down with a 1/2 liter bottle of Pepsi and you…are good to go!!!!