Visiting Questions... Hint Hint

If someone was to come visit you down there and you could only take them to three places where would they be?

Right now I haven´t visited too many places in Nicaragua. But the first place I would take you is Dolores, Carazo. This is where I am currently living and it´s essential to see for anyone who comes down. You have to meet my host family and play with the little kids.... they are amazing! Secondly, I would take you to the beaches. Depending how far you wanted to travel, we could go to the Pacific Coast nearby or we could travel to Ometepe Island. Both are beautiful. Finally I would take you to Leon or Granada where you could see a big city with gorgeous architecture. We would try not to spend anytime in Managua except to pick you up from the airport and bring you back. :)

You say you live in a "city" there, but in comparison to the states would you rank it as a Mayberry, a Fourway in (strawberry plains), or a Knoxville type "city".

Does Mayberry have a restaurant? Because if so then it is a little too fancy for lil´ol´Dolores. Dolores is a "town" more than a "city". It has two internet cafes (don´t get confused, no coffee is served), a bakery next door, a few corner stores, a park in the center, a basketball court down the block and.... yeah that´s it. It is four streets by 6 and I would call it... petite. Some people own cars here which they use to go to church (by the way, Dolores has 12 churches), but not too many cars go up and down the streets. There are more bicycles and motorcycles. However, if I need to go to the post office, grocery store, restaurant or bar, or to make a cheap phone call, I just go to Jinotepe which is about a 20 minute walk down the highway.

If you were to give someone advice for packing to come to Niceragua for a month what would you tell them to bring?

I am hoping that this is a HUGE hint that I am getting visitors. This question could have so many responses depending on where you wanted to go. But for a general answer I would say bring a lot of T-shirts and jeans. They should be nice, but don´t bring anything fancy. If you are female, you could bring some nicer shirts and no tennis shoes. All the girls wear nice sandals here (not flip flops). Bring a sweat rag, because you will definitely use it and don´t forget your bathing suit. You will look like an American, though, for two reasons: first of all you can swim, secondly you aren´t wearing regular clothes to flop around in the one foot water. Because you CAN swim and ARE wearing a swim suit, I´ll take you into the waves, which is unheard of for a Nica. Don´t worry about bringing toothpaste, shampoo, and all that jazz; we can go to the supermarket when you get here and pick that up. You will want the extra space in your suitcase to bring back all the super cool crafts that you will buy while you are here!