Photo Tour of Nicaragua - September 1997

Here are some photos from a trip to Nicaragua taken September 6-21, 1997,  by Jim, Corey, and Mike Baird.  We attended a good Spanish language school "Casa Xalteva" (pronounced Hall-tay-va) in Granada
(see  http://www.ibw.com.ni/~casaxal/ for more info.).   Here is a picture of the school in Granada:
We met many friendly and interesting people, and toured the beautiful countryside.

For questions e-mail me at mike@[remove]mikebaird.com

You can learn more about this fascinating country at:

http://www.nicaragua.com/ and  http://www.latinworld.com/

Other language schools: http://pages.prodigy.net/nss-pmc/

US Embassy in Managua, Nicaragua http://www.usia.gov/abtusia/posts/NU1/wwwhcom.html (this is a bad link)

Here is a map of Nicaragua http://sashimi.wwa.com/~roustan/nicarag1.jpg  

Colonel Granada is on the west side of Lake Nicaragua.

Click on a thumbnail to see a larger image.  Images are self-describing by name only.

mural_at_vulcan_masaya_museum_beautiful_work_of_art.jpg (113162 bytes) managua_national_palace.jpg (61190 bytes) managua_national_palace_mike.jpg (60183 bytes) corey_wall_of_ferns_granada.jpg (90602 bytes)
national_theatre_in_managua_after_earthquake_squatters_live_here_now.jpg (59759 bytes) church_granda.jpg (55946 bytes)
laguna_apoyo_near_granada_masaya.jpg (32905 bytes) obligatory_armed_gards_at_bank_granada.jpg (52254 bytes) obligatory_guard_w_ak47_garnada_banaba_boat_pier.jpg (62366 bytes) horse_drawn_cart.jpg (58367 bytes)
juan_carlos_school_administrator.jpg (18729 bytes) mike_juancarlos_corey_alvaro_casa_xalteva.jpg (63384 bytes) For space shuttle
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vulcan_masaya_active.jpg (74752 bytes)
Masaya Volcano
casa_xalteva_staff_ken_carpenter_karla_greg.jpg (129204 bytes)
pretending_we_graduated_casa_xalteva_karla_alvaro_teachers.jpg (65827 bytes) granada_church.jpg (52572 bytes)
jim_with_maria_student_learning_english.jpg (83504 bytes) jims_family_2cute_kids_maria_or_right.jpg (59571 bytes) jims_family_on_sidewalk.jpg (62334 bytes) casa_xalteva_language_school_granada.jpg (70443 bytes)
bemilda_jims_familyhead.jpg (50409 bytes) jim_w_school_bird.jpg (58319 bytes) karlas_family_in_granada_coreys_instructor.jpg (80830 bytes) islands_by_granada_all_inhabited.jpg (93674 bytes)
manuel_son_and_ruth_mother_of_mikes_family.jpg (60282 bytes) friend _and_alisa-amanda_of_mikes_family.jpg (54359 bytes) housing_poverty_extreme.jpg (111041 bytes) housing_typical.jpg (93943 bytes)
lucrecia_sang_religious_songs_for_us.jpg (63844 bytes) missionaries_w_lucrecia_and_her sisters_in_granada.jpg (84952 bytes) mayors_horses_san_carlos_paradise.jpg (115928 bytes) san_carlos_street_scene_people.jpg (50851 bytes)
bread_oven_castillo_backyard.jpg (88131 bytes)
castillo_beauty_queen_candidate.jpg (42409 bytes) girl_w_red_head_band_san_carlos.jpg (36540 bytes) nic_dress_tipicio_at_festival.jpg (55168 bytes) mike_on_boat2san_carlos.jpg (56587 bytes)
castillo_beauty_queen_candidates.jpg (47667 bytes) san_carlos_festival_girl_at_hospitad.jpg (53222 bytes)
sesame_seeds_drying_ometepe_island.jpg (106383 bytes) vulcan_madera_on_island_ometepe.jpg (48242 bytes) mike_karla_dance.jpg (65532 bytes) corey_bemilda_dance_garnada.jpg (48302 bytes)
farit_dalie_teresa_jim_corey_fish_lunch_san_juan_del_sur_playa_coco.jpg (69297 bytes) teresa_of_managua_lawyer_at_san_juan_del_sur.jpg (45506 bytes) jim_w_lawyer_teresa_at_san_juan_del_sur.jpg (70188 bytes) fishman_at_san_juan_del_sur.jpg (81128 bytes)

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