Nicaragua 2017 Pictures

[aggienaut]

And Pictures up from Nicaragua! Above, boat traffic at the end of Somoto Gorge. In other parts it looked more like this.




There were many quaint tile roofed houses like this in the rural areas! This one I guess is a sort of rough adobe brick and timber? But many were covered in plaster with just a bit of brick peeking out where the plaster had coyly chipped off in places, just like in gosh darn Zorro or something!




This imposing fortification with it's bellicose mural is just beside the central square in Somoto! I suppose it's part of town hall or something, and I guess town hall is meant to possibly serve as a citidel.




An idyllic crossroads on the outskirts of Somoto.


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Comments

[bleodswean.livejournal.com]

What a sweet mule! Thank you for sharing that photo!

[emo-snal.livejournal.com]

No problem (:

[mexpatriot.livejournal.com]

You have a pretty sweet life, man! :) God bless you!

[emo-snal.livejournal.com]

Haha thanks (:

[mexpatriot.livejournal.com]

That mural looks similar to Zapatista (EZLN) murals in Chiapas, Mexico. Looks like Che or Castro is looking on with approval. ;)

In Chiapas, the EZLN (The Zapatista Army for National Liberation) have lots of their own autonomous areas, including Mayan archeological sites where tourists go. You see little school kids in black uniforms with red bandanas. Weird stuff.

[emo-snal.livejournal.com]

Oh weird, I remember hearing about them in the 90s, are they still a thing?? Do they really have complete control over whole areas?

[mexpatriot.livejournal.com]

Yep, they are. Yep, they do.

Here are some of those murals:

[emo-snal.livejournal.com]

Interesting! "Otro mundo es posible" = "other world is possible" ?

[mexpatriot.livejournal.com]

Good Mexican! You got it! :)

[mexpatriot.livejournal.com]

The 5th one down says, "Little Zapatista School. Welcome to the Course of the Zapatista Army of National Liberation."

Talking to some of these folks, they like Trump. They say that Mexico needs a Trump. They saw Clinton as a false, murderous hypocrite. They like the idea of nationalism. I mean, that's always been their thing. They say, "Trump wants to make factories in the US for the US workers! Awesome! No Mexican president does this!"

They have a HUGE point.

[pundigrion.livejournal.com]

When their city hall has a fight over a topic, they have a Fight!

[emo-snal.livejournal.com]

"Three city council members are for, three are against, according to the rules... the tie breaker goes to the side that holds the citidel!"