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November in Nicaragua

Sunday, December 16th, 2007

November 15th – Tijs from Belgium has joined us in Martirio house. He has so far been called Tix, Tess, Thace, Theece, we´re still not quite sure how to say it. It was only when he moved in and was disgusted by the rat problem that we realised it really isn´t normal to co-habit so comfortably with a family of rats! So we set about trying to murder the little buggers. Four so far! I no longer own a medicine bag – they´ve eaten everything! Malaria tablets, pain killers, bandages they love it all. My most precious possession now is my tupperware set. They haven´t figured out how to infiltrate that yet. Came home the other night to find a rat chilling out on my bed. Weird how fast I’ve gotten used to having them around; I just shoo-ed him off like it was a cat or something. I must have frightened him or some-such-thing because he made a deposit on my sheets before running off.
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Life in Granada

Monday, December 10th, 2007

More diary entries. Blog is almost up to date!!

November 1st

Works going well. Worst part of the day is getting the bus. It’s always full but they never turn anyone away. It’s 15 minutes of
“Ow, that’s my toe!”
“I need to breathe!”
and
“Please Sir, remove that from my buttocks.”
The others seem to enjoy it but I don’t see the funny side. Just the other day two men had to take my arms and drag me through the crowd when I couldn’t shuffle my way to the door on my own.

Myself and Gemma have trained ourselves not to have to go to the bathroom during the day. It is really not a pleasant place. It’s pretty much an open sewer with a box on top which we are supposed to sit on. It’s emptied once every four years or something. How delightful!
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Claire 1 – 0 Unemployment

Saturday, December 8th, 2007
To get this blog finally up to date I´m fast forwarding a bit. So here are a few journal entries from my time in Nicaragua. I´ll get back to writing way too much about small events soon! October 15th I’ve ... [Continue reading this entry]

Cruising in Nicaragua

Thursday, December 6th, 2007
I arrived in Nicaragua on the 9th of October by boat, from Los Chiles to San Carlos. This route seems to be mostly used by local people. On that day a 48 year old German guy and I were the ... [Continue reading this entry]