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| A Corridor Invites You to Step into the 15th Century. |
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| Am I in Europe? Spain? View of Cathedral de Granada from Bell Tower of La Merced Church |
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| A Magical Sunset without extreme light pollution. |
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| An “Old Fashion” Funeral |
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| Crowded Market Street as in all third world countries even today and inside the mercado can only be experienced in person with the smells, sounds, jostling, goods. The majority of the world! |
This is a tinge of what I experience in Nicaragua which would still be considered by most as “3rd World,” whatever that means. While Costa Rica would probably be called “2nd World” which is also not an official description. We have our poverty and crowded streets and old-fashion markets with some of the same smells and sounds, but without the colonial color much of Central America has. There is a long, complicated historical explanation of why Spain did not build a lot of colonial buildings in Costa Rica, other than churches. And today’s Ticos love to consider their country progressive with a NASA astronaut, big businesses and shiny new shopping malls. I have to go to small rural villages to experience even some of what I did in Nicaragua. And I do!
I’ll try to stop talking about Nicaragua now, so maybe these are the last photos I will share. There is the oxcart parade in Atenas this weekend, so a refocus back here! 🙂
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| Oxcart Sharing the road with all kinds of vehicles in Nicaragua! |
These and other photos are now in my online gallery: Nicaragua Birding Trip 2016.