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RAAN Nicaragua
I,ve been working down here and thought I'd post some photos:
   
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Sorry I didn't have time to give a complete narrative, but basically all the shots were taken in the northern atlantic autonomous region or RAAN on
the Rio Wawa, Rosita and Bilwi. The people of this region are Miskito indian and speak their own dialect but will speak Spanish as a courtesy. The
river people are mostly subsistence farmers (yuca, plantains, sugarcane) and they use dugout cayucos, hewn from a single log, as their primary
transport. I put in a photo of a vintage Soviet era jeep that I thought was interesting and a sawmill. The town in the picture is Rosita near the
Honduran border and is pretty much like the wild west. Definitely not a place you want to wander around at night. Enjoy!
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Great photos!
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Thanks, I enjoyed the pictures.
John
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Cool... thank you!
Here is the last photo, that was missing the tag in front ([IMG]).
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Thank you DavidK, I kind of posted these in a hurry. That photo is of the guys repairing the bridge that washed out the night before, believe it or
not, this is the only highway from Pueto Cabeza to Managua and is used by everything from donkey carts to semis. They also collected a toll of 10
Cordobas to pass, I guess that's how they maintain such a fine infrastructure. the drive to Rosita was maybe a hundred miles and took about 8 or 9
hours. You would be interested to know we were traveling in a brand new Hilux 4x4 diesel pick-up. What a nice rig, I wish I could get one in the
states.
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Thanks so very much. Just great photos and info.
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| Quote: | Originally posted by monoloco
Thank you DavidK, I kind of posted these in a hurry. That photo is of the guys repairing the bridge that washed out the night before, believe it or
not, this is the only highway from Pueto Cabeza to Managua and is used by everything from donkey carts to semis. They also collected a toll of 10
Cordobas to pass, I guess that's how they maintain such a fine infrastructure. the drive to Rosita was maybe a hundred miles and took about 8 or 9
hours. You would be interested to know we were traveling in a brand new Hilux 4x4 diesel pick-up. What a nice rig, I wish I could get one in the
states. |
Oh true that... I am also on TacomaWorld.com forums and a lot of guys there would love to have a Hilux diesel.
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Greg
What are you working on? Hope things are going good. We will be down soon after thanksgiving.
Dorado Don
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Very interesting and cool pictures. Looks like an adventure. The air looks thick even in the pics so if you were doing physical labor- WOW!!
When we had a place on the Pacific side we'd read and participate in this forum which is frequented by ex-pats and Nicas from around the country. http://www.therealnicaragua.com/ TRN is a "warts and all" type of forum and in addition to Nica politics and news, daily life in Nica was
discussed. There were a few participants who lived in the RAAN district and some of their stories of break-ins, robberies, and other sketchy
occurrences were enough to make us cross the region off our to-do list. We had some interesting experiences in Managua but those were tame compared to
some of the stories about RAAN. yikes.
I'd love to have a 4 door Hilux too.
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monoloco
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| Quote: | Originally posted by dtutko1
Greg
What are you working on? Hope things are going good. We will be down soon after thanksgiving. |
i am doing
some logistics for a timber company, I hope I'll get to spend some time at home in November but it's looking like I'll be pretty busy with this for a
while. Saludos a Trish.
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monoloco
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| Quote: | Originally posted by oladulce
Very interesting and cool pictures. Looks like an adventure. The air looks thick even in the pics so if you were doing physical labor- WOW!!
When we had a place on the Pacific side we'd read and participate in this forum which is frequented by ex-pats and Nicas from around the country. http://www.therealnicaragua.com/ TRN is a "warts and all" type of forum and in addition to Nica politics and news, daily life in Nica was
discussed. There were a few participants who lived in the RAAN district and some of their stories of break-ins, robberies, and other sketchy
occurrences were enough to make us cross the region off our to-do list. We had some interesting experiences in Managua but those were tame compared to
some of the stories about RAAN. yikes.
I'd love to have a 4 door Hilux too. |
This is a seriously dangerous place, the number one industry here is
drug smuggling, and there are a lot of pandileros so it's not really safe to wander around. Even the locals I have been working with say they don't go
out much and most houses have razor wire around the yard. As a vacation spot, it would probably rank somewhere between Lagos Nigeria and Port Au
Prince. The west coast is much safer.
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