March 24 – April 1, 2018
The drive to the small town of Jalapa near the border of Honduras and Nicaragua took us through several small villages. The road was so much better than the ones in Honduras….it was made of paving stones and we came across a few crews working on repairing sections of it along the way. All along the road, power poles, traffic signs, trees and boulders were painted black and red with the letters FSLN painted on them, a reminder of the recent civil war in the country and the highly political nature of life in Nicaragua. Very often, even peoples’ clothing seems to reflect this colour combination with red shirts and grey pants or skirts.