downtown plaza in Managua, where Daniel Ortega gave his inauguration speech on 1-10-07 Vive Sandino!
Old Cathedral- Old Downtown Managua
downtown Managua
statue of Sandino- the revolutionary of the early 20th Cen. whom the Sandanista party is named after
memorial for those killed by the dictator Somoza
New Cathedral- Managua
Matagalpa
Cathedral at Matagalpa
Sandanista flag and Ortega election sign
on the way to our home stay at La Reina coffee farming cooperative
the daughters of our home stay family picking coffee cherries
Julito picking coffee cherries twice as fast as me
screaming monkey
after the coffee cherries are picked, they are brought to a Wet Mill to be depulped
playing "500"
We were given bananas and oranges to eat straight from the tree
coffee trees
goodbye party at our home stay community
chicken
our home stay
our host mom cooking tortillas
morning, Tim
our host parents singing us a goodbye song
our host family
after being picked and Wet Milled, the coffee is brought to a Dry Mill, which at this one, Sol Cafe, it is dried in the sun and then goes through quality sorting processes
bags of coffee to be shipped
at the Dry Mill, hand picking through the coffee to sort out any damaged coffee beans
coffee cupping
mural at Casa Materna in Matagalpa, a house for women with high-risk pregnancies
hotel at Matagalpa
Daniel Ortega being inaugurated president 1-10-07 We were in Matagalpa, where many people left to Managua to see it
FSLN stands for the Sandanista party
Ortega political banner
stove fueled by manure, our group liked to call it the "poop stove"
stove fueled by manure
the kids liked having their picture drawn
cows
coffee cupping at Soppexcca, a cooperative union in Jinotega. coffee cupping is a means of quality control where the "cupper" tastes for a series of qualities in the coffee.
looking down into the volcano at masaya (outside Managua)
vocano at masaya (outside Managua) (in the event of flying rocks, hide under the vehicle)
vocano at masaya (outside Managua) the cross was put up to protect from Satan in the depths of the volcano
save me, someone
vocano at masaya (outside Managua)
volcanic rock
Cathedral at Esteli
Museum for the Heroes and Martyrs of the Sandanista front of Esteli. Quote: "For every thousand dollars that the yanky bankers have introduced to my country, a Nicaraguan man has died, and our mothers, our sisters, our wives and our children have poured out tears of pain." - Augusto Cesar Sandino, Revolutionary pioneer of the Sandanista party
Museum for the Heroes and Martyrs of the Sandanista front of Esteli. weapons from the war.
Museum for the Heroes and Martyrs of the Sandanista front of Esteli.
Museum for the Heroes and Martyrs of the Sandanista front of Esteli. Pictures of women and men who died in the war during the battles in Esteli in 1979, which was the ultimate victory which caused the dictator Somoza to flee the country.
snake
be careful where you step
lettuce
bull
