Sometimes, it can be surprisingly comfortable to be underneath a truck:
This is a serious parking job:
Showing posts with label Atlantic Coast. Show all posts
Showing posts with label Atlantic Coast. Show all posts
Wednesday, April 2, 2008
Rosita - last look
Here are a couple of final pictures of Rosita before I move on to other topics besides the trip to the Atlantic Coast. These were taken by Andrew.
Sometimes, it can be surprisingly comfortable to be underneath a truck:
This is a serious parking job:
Sometimes, it can be surprisingly comfortable to be underneath a truck:
This is a serious parking job:
Friday, March 14, 2008
Welcome to the Rosita Airport
With heavy emphasis on the "ita" part of the name. Here is what the airport looks like, in it's entirety.
The dean of the medical school had warned us not to expect to see any buildings or anything when we landed, but I thought that that meant there would be a very few. No, he really mean that there would be no real buildings, other than the straw hut where the military guys hang out. The van in the picture is what takes you from the airport into town. Here is a picture of Edgar disembarking our plane with the runway, aka cow pasture, in the background. Yes, those are cow turds on the runway.
Turns out that the town of Rosita itself is not quite as small as the airport makes it look. It has a population of about 25,000 according to census figures, although other estimates are as high as 35,000. The main street is paved and it is pretty modern, with a musical instrument store, internet, a cell tower, and pretty consistent electricity. Unfortunately, like most places in Nicaragua, water is highly irregular.
The dean of the medical school had warned us not to expect to see any buildings or anything when we landed, but I thought that that meant there would be a very few. No, he really mean that there would be no real buildings, other than the straw hut where the military guys hang out. The van in the picture is what takes you from the airport into town. Here is a picture of Edgar disembarking our plane with the runway, aka cow pasture, in the background. Yes, those are cow turds on the runway.
Turns out that the town of Rosita itself is not quite as small as the airport makes it look. It has a population of about 25,000 according to census figures, although other estimates are as high as 35,000. The main street is paved and it is pretty modern, with a musical instrument store, internet, a cell tower, and pretty consistent electricity. Unfortunately, like most places in Nicaragua, water is highly irregular.
First stop, Managua
First we went to the Managua airport. The international terminal is really posh and fancy. The domestic terminal is a little more basic. Since we were flying on such a small plane, we had to step on the scale with all of our luggage to get our weight. Here is a picture of our boarding pass for our flight to Rosita.
It's a big, plastic card. They have 12 of them, one for each seat on the plane. La Costeña is the airline we took. Here is a picture of me boarding the plane:
It's a big, plastic card. They have 12 of them, one for each seat on the plane. La Costeña is the airline we took. Here is a picture of me boarding the plane:
Sunday, March 9, 2008
East Side
This week I'll be traveling to the Atlantic Coast, leaving on Tuesday and coming back on Thursday. It's a very rural area with a lot of poverty, in much worse shape than the rest of Nicaragua. I'll bring my camera along and take some pictures and report on it. It's very different from the rest of Nicaragua for several reasons. One, it was colonized by the British and so they don't speak Spanish there. Various languages are spoken there, including Mosquito and an English Creole. Secondly, because of the British slave trade, a lot of the population is of African descent. It should be a very educational experience so stay tuned!
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