Colour to the Max

[Robert Watcher]

San Juan del Sur is a tourist town in the southern part of Nicaragua. The whole backdrop is bold bright and colourful. While visiting there this past weekend, I captured some of the essence of San Juan del Sur in these 3 images. Enjoy:

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[Asher Kelman]

Rob,

I love the amazing change of atmosphere and hope the money penetrates to the people and not just wealthy hoteliers.

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Did you take a short vacation there or just passing through to your new location?

BTW, I nave asked you, but hows your Spanish?

One of those languages not taught in British Schools when I was growing up in London!

Asher

 

[Robert Watcher]

Rob,

I love the amazing change of atmosphere and hope the money penetrates to the people and not just wealthy hoteliers.


Did you take a short vacation there or just passing through to your new location?

BTW, I nave asked you, but hows your Spanish?

One of those languages not taught in British Schools when I was growing up in London!

Asher

Thanks Asher. Anne and I went for a short vacation. The trip was 7 hours each way by Nica bus (in other words 4 different buses of poor quality and packed - but fun). We are living near the northern part of Nicaragua, along the Pacific Coast not far from the Honuduran border --- and San Juan del Sur, is in the southern part of Nicaragua, not far from the Costa Rican border. We say that our use of Spanish is Functional. We can get around, order food and purchase things, figure out roughly what ingredients or instructions say, have basic conversations with Spanish speakers. Spanish was not taught in Canada either.


As to your first statement ----- when does that ever happen! ?

 

[Asher Kelman]

If you have any more p[ictures of the tourist life, that would be fun. Is this place renownwed for seafood or are you too far from the coast?

Asher

 

[Dave Butcher]

These are great pictures Robert I especially like the last one with all of the different colors and the Surf Board. You are doing much better in Spanish than I am. When I was in High School it was a elective and I was more interested in other things than trying to learn a different language.

 

[Robert Watcher]

A few more colourful images from our fun weekend in San Juan del Sur...

...the location where 4 seasons of Survivor were filmed - - - Survivor: Nicaragua, Survivor: Redemption Island, Survivor: San Juan del Sur, and Survivor: Worlds Apart

Some street images.

Cuarta Seccion

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[Robert Watcher]

This weekend is really kind of an awesome 'TOP OFF' of our incredible 4 1/2 years in Nicaragua. Within 2 weeks or so we will be living in the mountain city of Xela, Guatemala - with a whole new inspiration for photographing the incredible Mayan culture in the surrounding town and villages. We may not get back to Nicaragua...

...so Anne and I had to have a special meal on this occasion. We received that at the BeachSide restaurant El Timon.

So food prices aren't as cheap as many people think (as in almost free) - it costs to eat whether that is preparing food for yourself or eating out. But when you consider the total costs of such a meal as we had to eating in a high end restaurant back home in Canada or the US - - - there is a substantial saving.

I'll give you an idea of what I mean. Our meal on this evening included 3 Pina Coladas, 1 CocaCola, Huge dinner for two with Lobster, Clam, Squid, Octopus, Marlin, Shrimp plus side orders - - - $35 USD total that included the mandatory 15% taxes plus the built in 10% tip (we added another 10% of course). The view and ambiance alone were worth the $35.00

I always have my trusty Olympus E-PL5 w/14-42 kit lens with me in my pants pocket - so I miss no moments - including detail shots that I send to the companies Facebook pages.

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