Nicaragua Continued

Today we were at the new location again. More hard work, but different. We started by mixing concrete in a hole in the ground shaped like a bowl. It worked pretty well. I´d expected to mix in a wheel barrow, there were a few there, but this idea was pretty good. Then we carried cinder blocks.

After work we went around trying to find a cabinet for the orphanage. Some of the things they make here are really nice, but there finish quality is a little poorer than we´re used to in the states. The prices are lower too. A cabinet that would have likely cost $1000+ in the states was only $275 here.

I got some stuff in my eyes today, this play is rediculously dry and dusty. Not what you think of when you think about a Central American country. I used to think rain and monkeys and jungle. Now I´ll just think of dirt, wind and banana trees. Banana trees are like weeds here; almost as bad a dandilions.

Interesting bit you added about the differences between the states and Nicaragua. The paid workers here make $5 per day, and a medical doctor makes $350 per month. I spend $5 today on a box of cookies and a gatoraid at the gas station. It´d be very hard to live on that much per day.