We spent a lot of time on the road yesterday driving north from the Costa Rican border into Nicaragua. This is the southern town of Rivas. Some general impressions: Nicaragua is notably poorer than CR. The houses are mostly smaller and in rough shape. The cars are older and more beat up, and there are fewer of them. Lots of horse-drawn carts. In more populous areas, there are many autorickshaws, like you see in parts of Asia. Busses and some truck are as festively painted and religiously decorated as in India. Few if any of modern strip centers that are now common in CR. Many fewer supermarkets; our guide said they are too expensive and people prefer to buy from local roadside vendors. Flags are everywhere, with more of Daniel Ortega's Sandinista National Liberation Front than the national flag.
The day was exhausting and we took yesterday off. More of this to come.
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I think of it as being a poor country with a lot of problems, maybe not safe to travel through on your own. But most of the people are probably nice enough.
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