Sounds of Managua

So far this blog has been about images, I seem to be able to express my experiences best with photos, not with words.  One possible culpruit of this is years of technical writing, stripped of all extranious words, colour, and emotion. 

But, my camera has been injured, possibily mortally.  I'm waiting for a response from a friend's brother about the possibility of repairs, one bonus of this happening in a third world country, but I fear it will be too expensive.  (Oops....no Canon camera parts in Nicaragua).

So, this entry will have no photos. Instead, I've tried to catelogue all the sounds I hear on a daily basis.  The extent and types of noises are one of the major differences here that constantly remind me I'm not in Canada (as well as the smells, but I'll spare you those).

Street vendors wandering the streets, calling out their wares for sale.

• La Presa (newspaper)
• Milk
• sour milk
• bananas
• avocados
• many, many things I can't understand

Car horns, bus horns (think semi truck horns), diesel engines, bells, sirens, motorbikes, taxi horns trying to pick someone up

Horse hoofs and wooden wheels (on the horse drawn carts that still move people and stuff even in the capital)

Animals

• many types of wild birds
• pet parrots,
• dogs, dogs, and dogs
• chickens
• rosters
• sometimes cows
• bats in the roof
• cats on the tin roof
  

People yelling, crying, playing

Guys:

• whistling
• sssing
• blowing kisses
• calling 'mi amor´, adios, hola, buenas
  
• ooh
• hermosa or bonita (words for pretty)
• linda or barbara (slang words for beautiful)
• chela (ie something like whitey), chelita
• honking from vehicles.