We Woke up in Nicaragua!
Waking up in Nicaragua is different! Bird calls outside the window. Lots of them -- including a polite rooster across the drainage ditch who waited until after the sun was up to crow only one series of cock-a-doodle-doos. (The Mexican ones crow constantly for any reason, not just good-morning!)
Mangos outside our hostel
In just a few minutes I have seen some fat brown birds, several great kiskadees, numerous doves, some beautiful dusky blue birds resembling blue budgies in pet stores but larger, and a gorgeous yellow and black bird with a bright orange hood. And here we are in the middle of Managua, the bustling capitol of Nicaragua, though we are in a poorer barrio, not downtown.
View of the courtyard from our door
Sitting in the hostal kitchen with the sounds of cars and horse carts going by outside. Thus begins our newest adventure in a new country!