Man Does Not Fly, or Build Canals, In the Land of Momotombo
The fear-mongering strategy worked. The canal was indeed built in Panama. A drawing defeated one canal in favor of another.
Tag: nicaragua
First Contact with the Enemy
The period I’ve carved out is the mid-1840’s to the latter part of the 1860’s. The setting is Mexico. And Nicaragua. Beyond the native peoples and politicians of those two countries, the players involve a who’s who of colonial powers, including: France, Great Britain, Spain, Austria, the United States and, oddly, Belgium.
Ferry-go-Round
What you probably can’t reconcile is the bigger questions: 1) why did anyone make this movie, and 2) what kind of person would enjoy watching it? These were the questions posed to me by our 10-year-old as everyone in the crowded, heaving ferry that connected the island of Ometepe with mainland Nicaragua was forced to view this offering on the television strapped into the wall, directly above the bathrooms.
The Open Water Crossing to Little Corn Island
The elderly woman’s hand right hand clutched my wife’s left knee in a death grip. Her free hand was cupped beneath her mouth, catching most, but not all, of the vomit that was now coming out in regular intervals before tossing it over the gunwale and into the water just in time to make it back for another batch.