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17 Mei 2008 | Costa Rica, San José
Hi my dear ones,
My time as an "esperanza voluntair" is already over and right now I'm sitting in a backpackers hostel in San Jose, Costa Rica. I've been in Granada for more than four months and it went by way too fast.
My last two weeks in Granada were great. I was hanging out the whole time with only local people so my nicaraguan slang is a little updated right now. I've been invited twice for traditional Nicaraguan meals at Donalds house. He lives in a "Barrio" just out of Granada with is aunt and sister because his mother died and he never knew his father. They have a small Finca with mango trees, which are so good. I had there Nacatamal and Sopa de Res. Sopa de res is a rich soup with a lot of different kind of vegetables and beef on bones. All the nica families here eat that at monday for lunch because they say it is good for the "goma", hang over...... I ended up making this soup my self with help of my two local friends Karen and Donald for my goodbye party. And it was delicious.
My goodbye at the school was really sad. It was so hard to say goodbye to the kids with who I had been working for so long. You know them and they trust you. But I was proud at the progress they had made.
It is a good time to leave Nicaragua though. The public transportation is striking because of the high gas prices, so no chickenbuses or taxi's to get out of Granada. People cannot go to work, Universities are closed and the goverment is still not doing anything. Danile Ortega, the president, is under high pressure right now because next to this is there also a food crisis. Basis food prices like rice and beans are raising really fast and that is the main food for almost everybody in Nicaragua.
He better does something before the people become more violant....
my plans for my last three weeksare visiting two exvoluntairs in Monte Verde, after that visiting some other places in Costa rica I don't know yet which. Trying to get to Bluefields and Corn Island on the Caribien cost in Nicaragua, which is gonna be interesting with no public transportation. And I'll spent my last couple of days in Granada.
besitos Nienke
My time as an "esperanza voluntair" is already over and right now I'm sitting in a backpackers hostel in San Jose, Costa Rica. I've been in Granada for more than four months and it went by way too fast.
My last two weeks in Granada were great. I was hanging out the whole time with only local people so my nicaraguan slang is a little updated right now. I've been invited twice for traditional Nicaraguan meals at Donalds house. He lives in a "Barrio" just out of Granada with is aunt and sister because his mother died and he never knew his father. They have a small Finca with mango trees, which are so good. I had there Nacatamal and Sopa de Res. Sopa de res is a rich soup with a lot of different kind of vegetables and beef on bones. All the nica families here eat that at monday for lunch because they say it is good for the "goma", hang over...... I ended up making this soup my self with help of my two local friends Karen and Donald for my goodbye party. And it was delicious.
My goodbye at the school was really sad. It was so hard to say goodbye to the kids with who I had been working for so long. You know them and they trust you. But I was proud at the progress they had made.
It is a good time to leave Nicaragua though. The public transportation is striking because of the high gas prices, so no chickenbuses or taxi's to get out of Granada. People cannot go to work, Universities are closed and the goverment is still not doing anything. Danile Ortega, the president, is under high pressure right now because next to this is there also a food crisis. Basis food prices like rice and beans are raising really fast and that is the main food for almost everybody in Nicaragua.
He better does something before the people become more violant....
my plans for my last three weeksare visiting two exvoluntairs in Monte Verde, after that visiting some other places in Costa rica I don't know yet which. Trying to get to Bluefields and Corn Island on the Caribien cost in Nicaragua, which is gonna be interesting with no public transportation. And I'll spent my last couple of days in Granada.
besitos Nienke
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17 Mei 2008 - 19:37
Monique:
Ni Nienke, Miss you, ben heel benieuwd of je nog steeds relaxed bent. Wel wereldburger geworden, denk ik! Niet te groot voor Noordhout, hè? Wat zul je het hier straks vertrouwd, maar o zo saai vinden. Toch een fijn idee om je straks - wanneer eigenlijk - weer te kunnen omhelzen, liefs,
je buurtje Monique
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18 Mei 2008 - 16:56
Barbara:
Hee nienkie!
Wow wat gaat de tijd snel zeg! Voor jou al helemaal denk ik;) Laat even weten welke dag je precies thuis komt, dan kom ik je even opzoeken:)
Geniet van die mooie laatste dagen meis!
liefs, Bar -
19 Mei 2008 - 10:43
Juup:
he nijntje!
mis je! kom maar snel weer terug, om lekkere truffels met mij te creeren!!!
liefs en feestze nog even,
Juup -
26 Mei 2008 - 17:15
Aafje:
Blij dat je er weer bijna bent! Kom je dan in Amsterdam wonen? Lekker dichtbij. Zie je op je moeders verjaardagsfeestje...
X -
28 Mei 2008 - 11:24
Oma Marianne:
Lieve nienke, wat is de tijd omgevlogen. Geniet nog maar even lekker en begin vast aan de heimwee die je zult hebben zodra je hier terug bent!
tot gauw, liefs M. -
31 Mei 2008 - 21:52
Nienke:
Hoi Nien,
vermaak je je nog een beetje? ;) nog maar een paar daagjes voordat je weer naar Nl vliegt.. Gaat snel he.. Maar hel leuken is dat we daar lekker een chocolade taart gaan bakken èn spaans lullen..! ook wel leuk!
Lieve nien geniet nog deze twee weekjes
xox
ps wanneer komt volgende berichtje? ben erg benieuwd nmlk!!
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