LillyC's blog

Want seeds from the US?

Submitted by LillyC on 23 June, 2008 - 15:16.

I'll be leaving for Granada in less than a week, to volunteer at La Esperanza, for starters. I'm planning on bringing packets of seeds as gifts for them and the students.

I would also be happy to pick up seeds for those of you who are gardening in Nicaragua if you let me know what you would like. At this point in the season, seeds are on sale so they will be a bargain, by US standards.

Green alert for volcano Masaya in Nicaragua. Anybody see a difference?

Submitted by LillyC on 19 June, 2008 - 14:07.

http://www.gdacs.org/reports.asp?eventType=VO&system=asgard&ID=522&alert...

The alert says the volcano is erupting. Anybody see a difference? The webcam shot seems to be total smoke.

Nicaragua: Expert Predicts Powerful Quake

Submitted by LillyC on 18 June, 2008 - 18:24.

Managua, Jun 17 (Prensa Latina) The fall in earth tremors in Nicaragua is alarming experts, who fear the occurrence of a huge movement to release accumulated energy, said Wilfried Strauch, Geophysics Director General of INETER (the Nicaraguan Institute of Territorial Studies.)

US ranks 37th in health care , behind Dominica and Costa Rica at 35th and 36th, just before Slovenia and Cuba at 38th and 39th.

Submitted by LillyC on 18 June, 2008 - 17:05.

Mexico is 61st, Nicaragua 71st, Argentina 75th, Guatemala 78th, Bahamas 94, Panama 95 And the US is 24th in longevity and 26th in infant mortality. For the whole list: http://49th-parallel.blogspot.com/2007/09/world-health-organizations-ran...

WHO rankings:

Rank Country

1 France 2 Italy 3 San Marino 4 Andorra 5 Malta 6 Singapore 7 Spain 8 Oman 9 Austria 10 Japan

Too old to enjoy Nicaragua?

Submitted by LillyC on 19 May, 2008 - 21:43.

I'll be arriving Managua July 2nd, then on to Esteli. I'm hoping the transportation conflict will truly be resolved by then.

I clicked on the eBook ad, "Living Like a Nica". Part of the description admonishes not to wait until one is "too old to enjoy life".

I'm just wondering at what age I should expect to stop enjoying life, hmmmm? ;-)

Is Nicaragua only for the young?