It's official. I have completed one full week of work (and now a weekend) in Managua this summer. While the week started pretty slowly, it sure picked up this weekend. The word here for a party in which one has a great time and goes pretty hard is baccanal (not sure if this is the correct spelling, but it's how it sounds). I hear it around the office all the time in contexts like "tenés sueño? que paso? mucho baccanal anoche?".
I am happy to say that I experienced this so called "baccanal", this weekend. Friday night included going to a happening bar with lots of dancing to salsa, reggeton, and whatever else. Saturday night consisted of going to a concert, followed by going to the same bar I had gone to on Friday night, but with different people (and for whatever reason worse music). Squeezed in between those late nights was a visit to the monument of Sandino, as well as an exhibit about his life, and a walk to another one of the big shopping malls, Plaza Inter.
What better way to recover from two baccanals? Relaxing on the beach, or as was my case, relaxing at the lagoon. On Sunday, I went to the Laguna del apoyo, pictured above, which is the remains of a volcano that blew its top. Fortunately, for many people including myself, this has created a place where the water is warm, calm, and very soothing. It was certainly the perfect way to end a crazy first week. The location of this laguna is about 45 minutes outside of Managua, but if you were to ask for directions, Nicas would probably tell you "alli no mas" (just right over there, which is used for anything from a block to 5 hours away).
Anyway, more to come on this week, including my first time practicing capoeira! Stay tuned!
Hasta luego,
Alex
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