If we all don't take cover, then we're all gonna fall back in love again...

Nica Sensations (credit to Elyse Raby for this wonderful idea)

Nica looks like...
La tierra de lagos y volacnes (Lakes, Volanoes), children on the street, black & red fsln flags w/ pink signs, mortars, rotondas blocked by protests, iodine beaches, la pasarela-Miami & Gothic City, people strolling to class, stray dogs, malnourished horses/animals in general, sunsets (setting the world aflame!), geckos, clothes drying on the line, men sitting on the side of the road, green nature beautifulness everywhere, garbage,

Nica smells like...
burning garbage, city, exhaust, food on the street (fritanga), dirty bathrooms @ UCA, red pepper/onions/garlic (only because we load up on when given the chance due to the surprising lack of flavor in food),

Nica sounds like...
SPANISH/SPANGLISH, yet way more English that I ever imagined, car alarms, reggaeton, salsa, hip hop, "dame un pesito, necesito zapatos" (children saying "give me 1 cordoba (aka 5 cents) i need sneakers), "Ya chavalas" (as Alba calls us for dinner), "Granada, Granada, Granada" at the bus stations, honking, water running while chila scrubs clothes near our room at 6am, music from the political rallies, loud speakers/mega phones, fireworks, mortars, *muah* bye/adios, intense political debates, music at mass i've yet to learn, bells from the eskimo cart, whistles, geckos chirping

Nica feels like...
perpetually dirty & stiff clothes, freezing cold streamline showers and room temperature drinking water, bugs biting, crowded buses, excessive HEAT, sweat, Nica kisses, riding in a bumpy pick up truck @ walking speed through rock piles and rivers, parasites that never leave, perpetual stomach ache/nausea/weakness, fans, being locked in my room for 3 weeks during political violence

Nica tastes like...
rice & beans (gallo pinto), delicious fruits & juices (faves - pitahaya y arroz con pina), eskimo ice cream, hormigas (ants, yes under tastes like...), splurging for pizza, room temp. water, apples=delicacy, refried beans & french fries @ UCA


...probably add more before i leave :)
Corn Island Thursday (630am flight!) til Sunday afternoon
"If your idea of an perfect vacation is swaying in a hammock,
reading books, walking white sand beaches, enjoying
spectacular sunsets and snorkeling in clear turquoise waters,
this is a destination for you."
HAPPY THANKSGIVING!