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8/30/2017

Trip on the San Juan River from San Carlos to El Castillo...

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Ira's San Juan River Trip from San Carlos to El Castillo, Nicaragua.

This was Ira Stephenson's river trip to El Castillo, 3 1/2 hour trip, one way, on the slower boat. There is a faster boat that takes only two hours. The slow boat is better because you will see much more. Here you will see pictures of river people who live along the San Juan River. 

The River is Their Only Source

Most residents get all their supplies delivered by other river boats. There were no visible roads. Many houses just had fishing boats and did not seem to have supply boats; but boats just for fishing. Several times Ira would see horses tied up on the shore where there was no boat dock. Delivery boats would get close enough for people to hop in and their needs quickly moved ashore. The horses were their means of transportation back and forth in the jungle where they lived out of sight of the river.

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12/13/2013

The Milkman in Estelí Nicaragua

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This man is bringing milk directly from his small cow farm into a house that sells it to the people in the neighborhood in town.

People will bring their own containers to buy milk at that house. They will bring bottles, open pails, cooking pans, old plastic milk bottles, water pitchers, and even cereal bowls to save money. 

He has two 5 or 6 gallon containers on his pack mule. It is not refrigerated but do so I hope the milk is pasteurized and is safe to drink. It is fresh each morning - it might be still warm from the cow to you.  

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9/6/2011

For 32 Years Casa Hotel Nicarao Has Been Serving Estelí.

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Durante 32 años Casa Hotel Nicarao ha estado sirviendo a Estelí.
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Shortly after the war ended in 1979 a pleasant hotel near Central Park opened it's door to guests in this fresh air mountain city of 120,000. 

Poco después de la guerra terminó en 1979, un agradable hotel cerca del Parque Central abrió sus puertas a los huéspedes en este aire fresco ciudad montañosa de 120.000.

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7/28/2011

Bean Baby

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Baby Sits in Red Beans El Bebe se sienta en frijoles rojos
The red beans are being screened and sorted for size, color and impurities. Our bean baby is bragging to his mother how excellent they are for Gallo Pinto.
 
Los frijoles rojos están siendo analizadas y clasificadas por tamaño, color e impurezas. Nuestro bebé de frijol se está jactando de su madre lo excelente que son para el Gallo Pinto.

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5/10/2011

Horse Day in Estelí

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A skinny horse in the city




This is a common sight here in Estelí.

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High-spirited horse blocks a truck full of horses.



On Sunday there was a horse show there were several truck loads of horses brought in from the farms. It looks like this horse didn't want to go along for the ride. 

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A horse waiting for its caballero in the store.


The owner of this horse stopped to get some goodies to eat at the show down the road.

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4/23/2011

Semana Santa in Estelí

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  It's Semana Santa (Holy Week) here in Estelí, Nicaragua, Central America. Thursday and Friday almost every business was closed and the steel shutters were down and padlocked and the streets were nearly empty. The many buses and taxis that normally fill the streets were missing. The Roman Catholic influence is pervasive and all encompassing. Thousands of worshippers walked slowly and somberly, protected from the sun by their umbrellas, behind the procession of priests carrying a statue representing Jesus down the empty streets from the Church of Calvary to the Cathedral in front of the central park 12 blocks away. Many people go to mass every afternoon and have prayer vigils in their homes. Such a reverence for Jesus I have never seen in the US.

Happy Resurrection Day


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10/1/2010

Flores Rojas en el Jardin

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Las flores son rojas son muy bonitas y se encuentran en el jardin. ¿Quien tomo las fotos? Las tome yo, Alejandro y Kenny. ¿Donde esta el jardin? El jardin está en la casa grande arriba de la colina en el Alfredo Lazo.


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9/17/2010

Nicaragua Army Celebrates Independence from Spain with Open House

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I am standing near a working armed Russian helicopter that was in service during the Revolution. It is still ready today. I got to tour the inside but they weren't givng rides. The army base in Estelí is about a mile from Las Mujeres Ambientalistas project where I volunteer.  
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