Nicaragua – El Corazón de Centroamerica
Nicaragua is salt, sweat and ocean. It’s lush green fields, bananas, palms and active volcanoes. It’s butterflies and pelicans surfing the waves. It stretches from the Atlantic to the Pacific with the largest land mass of any Central American country, and yet it is the least populated and one of the poorest. Bu ena(s) (Días) The travel guides say that Nicas are very friendly people, and that was certainly my experience. I was longing to improve my Spanish and I got lots of opportunities to practise. The waiters chatted when they weren’t busy, and the hotel staff told me about their families. Mey Ling was my Spanish instructor in Laguna de Apoyo. She is 23 years old and a firm believer in women’s rights. She believes that husbands and wives should share decision making about the number of children they will have based on available income. She refuses to accept the double standard whereby Nica men have affairs while Nica women are expected to stay home, dress modestly and accept their ...