The Revolution will not be televised
Don't be fooled, this is my second post of the night. I wanted to break up these topics so that they were more manageable. In my first post I talk about work, in this post it is all about play.
Tonight Sarah and I successfully made it off the grounds of JHC. Everyone tends to call the area where the dorm, offices, sewing coop, biodiesel fuel plant, cement block center, directors house and pool are all located the "compound." I do not like this term because I feel as though it brings to mind Waco and black nikes. Sarah and I have agreed to call it "La Ciudad", granted this should not be confused with our real location of Ciudad Sandino. ANYWAY, we made it alive tonight.
After work, our coworker, Becca, another coworker, Emily, Becca's husband, Paul, and their baby Eibhlin (pronounced Ai-bleen, I think...) went into Managua for dinner and a movie. We stopped at a traditional Nica restaurant where we have pinto gallo (rice and beans), tojadoes (fried sliced plaintains), ensalada (cabbage) y pollo (chicken). We also treated ourselves to cacao (kinda like a chocolate chai iced drink...). Then we headed downtown to a theater that was playing "The Revolution Will Not be Televised" a documentary about the coup attempt on Venezuela in 2002. It was completely in spanish and ridiculously hard to follow. But there was stunning imagery and I got the general idea... Sarah and I were so excited to get out of La Ciudad, that we didn't even care how much money we were spending. But then we got to thinking about it, it really seemed to add up:
Dinner: c$35
Movie : c$25
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c$60, after an entire week of spending less than $15, it seemed so excessive! Then we figured the US value of our night:
Dinner was 35 cordobas = $1.95
Movie was 25 cordobas = $1.40
Yeah, our entire night cost us $3.35. Me encanta Nicaragua. :)
Hasta!
Tonight Sarah and I successfully made it off the grounds of JHC. Everyone tends to call the area where the dorm, offices, sewing coop, biodiesel fuel plant, cement block center, directors house and pool are all located the "compound." I do not like this term because I feel as though it brings to mind Waco and black nikes. Sarah and I have agreed to call it "La Ciudad", granted this should not be confused with our real location of Ciudad Sandino. ANYWAY, we made it alive tonight.
After work, our coworker, Becca, another coworker, Emily, Becca's husband, Paul, and their baby Eibhlin (pronounced Ai-bleen, I think...) went into Managua for dinner and a movie. We stopped at a traditional Nica restaurant where we have pinto gallo (rice and beans), tojadoes (fried sliced plaintains), ensalada (cabbage) y pollo (chicken). We also treated ourselves to cacao (kinda like a chocolate chai iced drink...). Then we headed downtown to a theater that was playing "The Revolution Will Not be Televised" a documentary about the coup attempt on Venezuela in 2002. It was completely in spanish and ridiculously hard to follow. But there was stunning imagery and I got the general idea... Sarah and I were so excited to get out of La Ciudad, that we didn't even care how much money we were spending. But then we got to thinking about it, it really seemed to add up:
Dinner: c$35
Movie : c$25
---------------
c$60, after an entire week of spending less than $15, it seemed so excessive! Then we figured the US value of our night:
Dinner was 35 cordobas = $1.95
Movie was 25 cordobas = $1.40
Yeah, our entire night cost us $3.35. Me encanta Nicaragua. :)
Hasta!
- Alyse - 10:11 PM
2 Comments:
Dear Alyse,
Hey, sounds like a great movie,do you think netflix has it? When do you leave for the school? I believe all your b.s. I'm sure they will. Love, Mom
The prices of a night on the town in Nica are very similar to L.A., just replace "c" with "US" :)
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