I Guess We'll Never Know...

Questions I have about Nicaragua that will never be answered:

1. How far is “just over there?” A block? A mile? Halfway across the country?

2. How can this many volcanoes fit in a country no bigger than the state of New York?

3. Who really invented Gallo Pinto? And since when has friend beans and rice been considered a culinary masterpiece?

4. Why is it that I’m allowed to pay for my hotel at the end of my stay, but when I want to rent a towel it has to be paid for up front, and in cash?

5. Why am I the only one who looks worried about “snorkeling with sharks” off the coast of Little Corn Island?

6. Why do taxi drivers honk at me to let me know that they’re there? If I really wanted a taxi, shouldn’t I be the one looking for them?

7. What keeps everyone here from sweating like I am? I look like I fell in the pool and they’re all fresh as a day in spring…

8. How do bus drivers manage to get a 30 ft. long, 2 ton hunk of metal to squeak through cars spaced not more than 10 ft. apart? And where can I learn to do the same? 

9. Why does Coca-cola from a glass bottle always taste better than the stuff from a plastic bottle or a can?

10. Why on earth would you want to go to Costa Rica with Nicaragua right next door?