Jinotega has a BIG lake with a power plant at the end of it to make electiricity for about 60% of Nicaragua. Or something. We went to find the plant on Sunday, but ended up at a Dam instead....
which was still incredibly exciting as they were building a great big new one too.
We arrived just as the workers were wandering off shift, so we found out a bit about it but not where on earth the money was coming from. It's near a little pueblo called Asturias, so we wandered in to find some coffee. I don't think they're use to visitors - they refused to charge us. So we had to buy peanuts from their little shop cos we felt bad. That´s not the way to fleece the tourists guys!!
And on the way home, we got a ride in a truck before the bus had a chance to arrive, and shared it with this young chap. (looks like 2 different members of the village people eh?).
A very earnest trainee policeman on his way to Managua, with a bit of English that he wanted to practice, who assured me he was the honest type of policeman and not the other kind. He then announced that he writes songs, and throught the bumps and the wind sang us a very romantic ballad about stars reflecting in eyes, and something about the moon. aaaah.
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Coooo! I love big things. I'm sure they want to make that drain hole a bit lower than the top of the dam though! Maybe It's just the picture. Check out this one!
http://fogonazos.blogspot.com/2007/02/largest-drain-hole-ever.html
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