Continuing with the Top 10 List...

Not much new to report, but wanted to continue with the Top 10 List theme, since people seem to enjoy that....so here we go....

12 Random Things You Should Know About Nicaragua


1. When someone dies, a truck with loudspeakers drives around the town announcing the death and the details of the wake.
2. Getting up to catch a 5 AM bus is commonplace.
3. Blasting your reggaeton, ranchera, or Celine Dion´s ¨My Heart Will Go On¨at any hour doesn´t seem to bother the neighbors.
4. It´s not considered offensive to tell someone they look fat.
5. It´s okay to randomly show up unannounced at a friend/neighbor´s house around mealtime and expect to be fed.
6. It´s common to hitchhike for rides in the back of pickup trucks.
7. Women are expected to learn to ¨share¨their men, even when married, due to the enormously high rate of infidelity.
8. Wearing shorts signifies you haven´t showered yet.
9. It is a common belief that one will get sick if they a) walk around the house barefoot, or b) take showers at night.
10. People´s dogs, chickens, horses, and even cows randomly wander the street, and sometimes, your backyard.
11. Instead of being sold in bulk, most things are sold in small quantities: travel-size toothpaste, cigarettes sold by the half-pack and individually, cell phone minutes by the dollar (equivalent to about 4 minutes for a local call). But you can´t order a mixed drink or a shot at a local bar - you need to buy the entire bottle of rum (can you tell alcoholism is common here?).
12. Things that every Nica has in his/her house, no matter how rich or poor: a stereo (to blast your pirated music at maximum volume), a TV (to watch your soap operas), plastic chairs, and pictures of your kids with fake backgrounds of sunsets, beaches, and churches.