A Tour: Part Two

Up next we explore the world of grocery stores. You have some options here. Side of the road stands, markets, low scale grocery stores, normal grocery stores, and some import stores. Normally I go to the regular grocery store, which looks like this:

Pros:

• convenient location
• carries most normal things I eat 

Cons:

• poor cereal selection (I looovvvee cereal) 
• no non-sweetened instant ice tea
• the food sometimes tastes like the grocery store (hard to explain, but just take my word for it)
• anything imported is super expensive
• food that is in the store one week might disappear the next

Things to note:
You can chose your own meat from a nice uncovered cart
In general, I have found a lot of very sugary candy products here. Marshmallows covered in sugar, sugar fluff ball on top of a graham cracker, and things that make my teeth rot just looking at them.
Sour cream comes in a bag, as does mayonnaise, milk, and other things you never imagined in a bag.

If you happen to be on a certain street on a certain side of the road, you can dangerously pull over and purchase some delicious fruit. Shout your order out the window, the nice man gets your fruit, hand him some money, and there you go. He always gives you a free banana for the ride home.

If you want to get more than fruit on the go, just drive about anywhere. Some common items close to my house include:

All these supplies on the side of the road are handy. I mean, who doesn't need a dog house on the way home from work? However, it makes driving a nightmare. People pull over on the side of the road when there is no side of the road to pull over on.

Semis can also cause a ruckus. There isn't much room for them, but they try to squeeze in. This particular semi was backing onto the highway and blocking four lanes of traffic, all during rush hour.

Thankfully, there is always someone willing to help you back out or into a parking spot or wherever you are trying to squeeze in to. This could be random people on the street, or guards at the grocery store. Sometimes things get hectic and whistles and hand motions come into play.

In closing, I will show you a couple of sights that I love.

It takes about ten minutes to walk there from my house, and about 45 seconds to drive there. It's my lovely school, NCA.

I live right outside the capital city of Managua, so to get just about anywhere, I have to drive by the population sign. I love that I can call Nicaragua home.

Every weekend, I head to this lovely place to grade papers and work on lesson plans. As far as I know, it is one of the only places around that has a drive-thru (besides the auto-mac at McDonald's). It also has air conditioning and EXCELLENT coffee.

My goal this year is to capture more common Nica sights and share them with you.

I leave you with this: a family of five on one motorcycle.