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| Pedicabs are popular in this Nicaraguan town. |
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| Donna and John relax in hot Corinto |
A Day in Nicaragua
Corinto
We awoke shortly before 6:00
when room service brought coffee to our stateroom. We went up on deck to experience what we
could see would be another hot, humid, tropical day, as is to be expected at the
beginning of the rainy season. After a
light breakfast at the Lido, we attended a presentation
by another speaker on board, an archaeologist residing in Guatemala,
who is a world-renowned expert on jade, Mary Lou. Her level of expertise was
truly astounding.
Dressing as lightly as possible, we disembarked to the
portside town of Corinto, Nicaragua. This port gets very few cruise ships in each
year, so really is not fully set up tourism.
This made our visit much more authentic than the tourist traps full of
diamond merchants and other chain operations that you find so often in cruise
ports. The area is apparently not wealthy,
in any sense of the word. The most common form of public transportation is
bicycle-driven pedal-carts.
After buying a few, inexpensive, souvenirs and slaking our
thirsts with some beverages, we returned to the ship in time for lunch. We were
able to practice our Spanish a bit more as well as obtain a few local coins,
the cordoba, for our collection.
We were assigned open seating at dinner so we have been able
to sit with different guests. We are also able to go to dinner at our choice of
times so that is so much nicer than assigned seating that we usually are given
as guest lecturers.
After dinner, we went to the show and then off to bed for a
good night’s sleep ready for tomorrow in Guatemala.
Buenos noches.
Tuesday, April 23rd
Puerto Quetzal
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