La noche 01 mayo 2009
Last night we went to the Mocha Nanna Café for some local Nicaraguan music and drinks. I tried the local beer, Tonza (?), it’s made locally and was ok for $20 Cordobas, (1 US dollar). The music was by a local couple and they were very good, not sure of the name, the only problem was that a number of young Americano students were there beside locals and they tend to smoke a lot. That is one thing I have noticed very few Nicas actually smoke in public. None of my Nica family smoke. A strange thing for a region that produces some of the best tobacco in the world. Most of these “chele & chela’s” (whitey or gringos) are volunteers in schools and on some agriculturally projects and they tend to dress like 1970’s hippies and others like to try to dress in what they think of as traditional Nica dress and hairdo’s! LOL, I should have kept all my old clothes! However one thing I have noticed is that most Nicaraguan men were long pants and regular shoes. I have only seen some youth wear shorts and no one (except women) wear sandals. Sometimes if I need something quickly I’ll walk uptown (3 blocks) in my shorts and sandals and I can tell some of the women disapprove of this type of dress!
Last night we went to the Mocha Nanna Café for some local Nicaraguan music and drinks. I tried the local beer, Tonza (?), it’s made locally and was ok for $20 Cordobas, (1 US dollar). The music was by a local couple and they were very good, not sure of the name, the only problem was that a number of young Americano students were there beside locals and they tend to smoke a lot. That is one thing I have noticed very few Nicas actually smoke in public. None of my Nica family smoke. A strange thing for a region that produces some of the best tobacco in the world. Most of these “chele & chela’s” (whitey or gringos) are volunteers in schools and on some agriculturally projects and they tend to dress like 1970’s hippies and others like to try to dress in what they think of as traditional Nica dress and hairdo’s! LOL, I should have kept all my old clothes! However one thing I have noticed is that most Nicaraguan men were long pants and regular shoes. I have only seen some youth wear shorts and no one (except women) wear sandals. Sometimes if I need something quickly I’ll walk uptown (3 blocks) in my shorts and sandals and I can tell some of the women disapprove of this type of dress!
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