The Weekly Photo Challenge is Street Life. Ometepe Island, Nicaragua is a rural, agricultural area with colorful street (or volcanic path) life. Join me on a trip into Moyogalpa with our favorite moto taxi driver.
Traffic jam ahead…
Flowers line the dirt roads in every village…
School children walk leisurely to school. No school buses here…
Every village road has a view of Vulcan Concepcion…
Sometimes it’s a view of an eruption…
Rice dries on the street in front of my friend’s house…
Jesus protects every home in town…
A brick delivery…
We have a tent bank in town…
The chicken bus stop…
Apples are in town…
And there is always a parade…
with ice cream vendors…
An island where the elderly are respected and revered…
Oh, I forgot to buy a pan when I was in town! No worries. Here comes the pot and pan vendor now…
I hope you enjoyed a peek at our street life. Come back soon.
Rewired and Retired in Nicaragua 
Loved your photos and the way they portray life on Ometepe. Your appreciation for the island, its beauty and your neighbors are clearly illustrated in your pictures and words…
Ha! My neighbor loved seeing her Jesus Door on the internets. Thanks for a great post.
Awwww…that’s great. I love her door. Tell her I said thanks for the picture. How was CR? I’m in the states now…fast internet…hot water. 🙂
I used to walk to school in elementary and Jr High School here in the states, kids don’t walk no more but than again there are too many crazy people on the streets.. love your pics as always 🙂
Jorge, I used to walk to elementary school, too. That’s one of the things about living on Ometepe Island that I enjoy…there aren’t too many crazy people on the streets. Now..crazy animals….yes quite a few. 🙂 I’m glad you enjoyed my photos.
Just fantastic! I love each and every picture especially the pot vendor! Someday I need to visit there!!!!
Yes, Nicole, you do need to come visit. I think you’d really enjoy it. 🙂
Someday!!!! It is on my list and was going to go to Nicaragua this year but went to Cuba instead. Soon though asI know I’d love it!!!
That looks as I imagine some areas of Mexico might have been about 40 years ago. As you know, we also live in a rural area, but I think of here being more modern. (We would never see rice drying in the street. Nor corn, for that matter. Corn dries on the patio.
By the way; what’s the average winter temperature there? The summer temperature? Here, right now, 1:02 PM CST, the temperature in the shade of the porch feels like 75Âş F. Outside, in the sun, considerably hotter. This is the dry season.
Sra.Cuevas hung up the first washer load of clothes on the line, and they were already dry when the second washer load was done.
Saludos,
Don Cuevas
Your area is very modern compared to our area. Amazingly, it reminds us of the Ozarks, 30 years ago. We’re in the dry season now with an average temp of 90 degrees during the day and 80 degrees at night. It doesn’t seem really hot because it’s a dry heat. But, when the rains start in mid-May, it gets really humid and feels hotter. I know what you mean about the clothes drying rapidly. Same here. I’m in the states now, visiting my mother and brother. I can’t get warm and I’m in the Southern USA. Brrrrrr.
Don, I love it here because it is like Santa Cruz, Tepic, Nayarit and Puerto Escondido were in the 1970s before hotels, etc. It is also like Puerto Viejo, Costa Rica was when I lived there in the 1980s. That town, I discovered on a visit last week, no longer exists and has been replaced by Lahaina, Maui with expensive restaurants and traffic jams. I did see my old friends there so it was worth the trip.
Both places were ruined (my not so humble opinion) by their beautiful ocean beaches, the lack of which I hope saves Ometepe.
simply wunderful visit Thank You from colorado 🙂 Q
You are quite welcome, quarksire! Come visit.
These takes are fantastic! They describe real life in an unknown country and make us want to visit ……
Thanks so much. I thought about using photos from street life in Granada. Granada is so beautiful and colorful, but it is totally different from our little rural island street life.
So colorful! Some of your shots remind me of things we saw on our trip to Costa Rica.
janet
Thanks Janet. I’m sure you saw some things very similar in Costa Rica. That’s one of the things I love about Central America…life is very simple and uncomplicated.
Love the variety of street life you captured here!
Thanks, Beauty. You never know what you will see in the “Land of the not quite right.” I always have to have my camera ready.
Your area is just beautiful and so much like the simple life we live here in Ecuador.
Why did you call it the, “chicken bus?”
The chicken bus is the name for the school buses used for public transportation in Central America. I don’t think I’ve ever been on a chicken bus without seeing a live chicken in a bag. Really!
Okay – I thought it might have something to do with the markings on the bus or the destination. Sorry.
We are pretty lucky in this area of Ecuador. Most of the buses are fairly new and the roadways are well maintained. I have only seen a few people carrying chickens (mostly on market day).