Chinandega?

Chinandega is the name of the (for lack of better words) city Im going to in Nicaragua. I'm excited that im going some where new. I've found very little on where Im going but I did find an awesome blog Nicaragua People and Places. The guy that writes the blog (writes it both in english and spanish) is really nice and has reminded me of how the best trips are not always based on where u go but the humble people you meet and the memorizes you make.

A peaceful day off of work with the woman I love (my wife) discovering a new side of the world is what I'm looking forword to the most.




God bless next week with good whether (not too hot n no rain).

I hope to come back with plenty of pictures and a story or two :)

Random Facts:

-Lake Nicaragua, home of Ometepe Island, is the home of the only freshwater sharks in the world. Bull Sharks that swam upstream chasing food and then eventually stayed in the lake, and evolved to live in freshwater.

-In most Latin American countries Soccer is the most popular national sport. In Nicaragua, however, the most popular athletic pass-time is Baseball. Almost anywhere you go in Nicaragua you will see baseball fields and on weekends or in the afternoons you can see organized leagues playing around the countryside.

-There are no street names in the Nicaraguan address system. The system is quite complex but the general gist of things is that addresses are given by using reference points to major land marks. An example would be “Three blocks north from dead guys corner, and then east one block.” Not a bad system right? Unless you have no idea which corner in the city a guy died on… The names of corners and land marks also have a tendency to change periodically, and even if you are aware of the system if you don’t know the new landmark name you won’t know what they are talking about. There is actually one area in downtown Managua that is used as a landmark and the name of the area is the name of a building that was SUPPOSED to be built there but never was… So, as you can imagine, it can get very very confusing.