After returning from Granada, I wrote up notes on the information flows in REN and on Monday saw Edwin. The accounts are progressing, but there is still a long way to go. The plan will be to complete some more work in the next week and complete 2015 in January. I give my Skype contact… Continue reading Final week
Masaya and Granada
I decide to go to Masaya, for some shopping and then to Granda this weekend, my last in Nicaragua as I fly home on Wednesday. I set off on Saturday morning, having to let eight microbuses pass before one has a space for me. This is the first time that I have got the bus… Continue reading Masaya and Granada
La Griteria, the Night of Screaming… and some work
Quien causa tanta alegria!!!! What is the cause of our happiness La Concepcion de Maria!!!! The Conception of the Virgen Maria. Tuesday is the Purissima, Most Pure day, the day of the Immaculate Conception, so on Monday everyone, especially the children, goes out shouting. Houses and churches set up their own altars and the kids… Continue reading La Griteria, the Night of Screaming… and some work
Leon Traditions
On Monday morning, I found another hostal and by 8am was on my way to the Museum of Traditions and Legends. It is housed in an old jail in the centre of town which was used to torture inmates prior to the revolution. The guide gives you information on the traditions and legends, intersperced with… Continue reading Leon Traditions
Lavada de la Plata, Washing of the Silver
Marina and her aunts had told me that there is a ceremony in El Viejo, a village beyond Leon. The church takes out the silver and washes it in preparation for the Ceremony of the Purissima, Immaculate Conception. The washing ceremony will take place on Sunday, with the day of the Immaculate Conception being Tuesday.… Continue reading Lavada de la Plata, Washing of the Silver
Leon
I set off for Leon on Saturday morning. a little disconcerted as my bus had no religous pictures telling me who was looking over the voyage. A secular journey awaited!! As we pulled out of the bus station I saw the car of a bus driver “solo dios sabe si volvera”, “only God knows if… Continue reading Leon
Photos from Friday Nativities
somehow the photos that did not work are now working….Wordpress has a new format, so I assume that it is this…..or am I finally getting the hang of it. Well here are the photos of some of the nativity scenes that I saw on Friday – taken on my old iphone. and finally the… Continue reading Photos from Friday Nativities
Chingongunya
I had finished the accounting presentation over the weekend plus the two excel files with examples and standard forms that woudl be needed to put a simple accounting system in place.I sent the files to Marina, Juanita and Denisse for proof reading. I had the usual quota of spanish corrections, but amazingly most of it… Continue reading Chingongunya
Feria
REN’s feria started on the same day as the lunch with the Ambassador. It is a three day event where members take stalls in a shopping centre and sell their goods. I went with Marina on the Friday, while the Ambassador went on the Saturday . Friday, however, was a day of great rain in… Continue reading Feria
Work companions
The lunch provided the opportunity for Juanita and Denisse, who do the admin work in REN, to meet with the members, collect membership fees and the lunch costs from those attending. I think that they know all of the members personally, who runs what business and how they are getting on.
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