The Campaign

Politics in Canada is nothing like here in Nicaragua. The elections are in a week and people are parading outside this internet cafe. about every 30 seconds, a truck goes by full of people singing, chanting waving flags. Other trucks have loundspeakers with political speaches. They are so lound, you can´t hear yourself think. As the trucks go by, people hold up one or two fingers depending on what party they support. The Liberal (right wing) party is 1 and the Sandanista (left wing) party is number 2. The Sandanista parties theme song blasts all over ¨Give Peace an chance¨en español. I have never witnessed anything like this. Abouth half of the houses here have political flags and if you count all of the signs and flags on public property, there are about 5 for every house. It is tense here and could get violent. Everyone I meet want´s to talk politics. In the 70's, there was a war here in Matagalpa between the two parties in which 30000 people died which is half of the aproximate current population.
Today, we went into an old mine with some local guys that are friends of Warren´s. We had to wade through water up to our bellies as bats flew around our heads. We saw some big monkeys in a tree whcih was a highlight for me. It was also nice to walk through the countryside and see the mud huts. Chickens were everywhere.
Shaun went back to San Jose. Nat and I are going to make our way out to the pacific cost and take our time to get back to see Sean and Laurieanna.