What a difference 24 hrs and a bit of water makes… we may still be in Nicuragua, but a combination of both bus and inter coastal waterway boat, are now located in the EAST of the country in a region which has more resemblance to Jamaica than Central or even Latino America.
As I write this we are in Bluefields an interesting town in many ways and very colourful as you would expect for a heavily influenced Jamaican community. We are currently waiting for the night boat to the Corn Islands, with the plan to stay on this Caribbean island for a couple of days. With the hope that the sensational weather that we had at the lake pops its head from behind the tropical storm.
As for the area we are now in, the heavy Jamaican population dominance here must be attributed to colonial times when the slave trade was rife and workers were needed in this outcrop in Nicaragua. However to still have such a heavy concentration must surely have to be down to the very fact that the town is surrounded by waterways. If you want to head west you need to take a 2 hour boat ride to the nearest road.
The picture on this entry was taken upon our initial mooring in to the town.
As I write this we are in Bluefields an interesting town in many ways and very colourful as you would expect for a heavily influenced Jamaican community. We are currently waiting for the night boat to the Corn Islands, with the plan to stay on this Caribbean island for a couple of days. With the hope that the sensational weather that we had at the lake pops its head from behind the tropical storm.
As for the area we are now in, the heavy Jamaican population dominance here must be attributed to colonial times when the slave trade was rife and workers were needed in this outcrop in Nicaragua. However to still have such a heavy concentration must surely have to be down to the very fact that the town is surrounded by waterways. If you want to head west you need to take a 2 hour boat ride to the nearest road.
The picture on this entry was taken upon our initial mooring in to the town.
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