Picking up and moving down

Submitted by Mztrjoe on 6 July, 2008 - 15:15.

Bea and I have decided on Jinotega. Nothing special about Jinotega, it is that we just know a few more people there then in other places in the Nicaraguan highland. I know that I will still have to travel to Esteli' for a decent brie cheese and other parts of the country for other specialty items, but Jinotega will do for now. We are in the states right now saying our goodbyes and buying some items that it is worth taking with you. Our past two months renting in Nicaragua taught us that there are still some things that you should bring with you since the equivalents in Nicaragua are of just too poor a quality. Never did find any real pillows down there.

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Submitted by kerrysonline on 9 July, 2008 - 23:01.

I like living in Jinotega and hope you will too. The weather is perfect in my opinion, having lived previously in Utah (too hot for me) and Alaska (too cold for my husband). When my mother came to visit she asked what she could bring us, I said 4 jars of Adams Peanut Butter and my husband asked for 2 different tools and tortilla chips. She brought them all. Bless her heart. All in all our move here has been good, difficult but good...and has been a slow transition. Moving is just hard anytime and then add to that the language and culture being different. We knew only a few words in Spanish when I arrived but now I am able to have a simple conversation with new friends and fend for myself at the market and stores. I wish you all the best and will keep my eyes open for two new faces in Jinotega. Adios

Pillows!

Submitted by dirtbag on 6 July, 2008 - 21:20.

First of all, congratulations and the very best wishes to your new beginnings in Nica/jinotega..can't type Jinotega..without thinking of N.L, Tony,.. Pillows! that's one of my pet peeves. I swear to god, they should sell them at the airport! Maybe Doug, another pioneer for 2008, could make a buck or two,,pay for the gas.. with a couple of hundred pounds of decent pillows in a country that doesn't get it as far as pillows go. I do have a question. I and my wife have routinely sent "Barrels" to Guyana where she is from and where we still have Family. I was wondering, as this is very common throughout the Caribbean, British, ex-and current territory's, does anyone here know about Barrels?

What will you put in your bag?

Submitted by Lolafargo on 6 July, 2008 - 17:37.

My husband and I will be coming down in August for 3 months. I am starting to gather things to bring down. (2 bags each on the plane) Top of the list is a pillow, sheets followed by pots and pans. (La Creuset very heavy 1 bag full) good kitchen knives, dust pan. It is all stuff that I take for granted but you really cannot get in MGA. Just wondering what others will bring down?

Pretty much the same thing.

Submitted by Mztrjoe on 7 July, 2008 - 12:45.

We are taking pretty much the same things except the sheets and pots we can get decent stuff in Nicaragua. Decent quality flatware and cooking utensils are difficult if not impossible to find. I am even bringing 2 cork screws. Funny thing several stores do sell wine with corks but none of them sell cork screws. So how are they opening these bottles? One of our bags is a $23 plastic cooler that we have filled. We are doing this since the equivalent cooler in Nicaragua costs close to $100 U.S. We feel the cooler is necessary due to the 8 to 10 hour power cuts we experienced and the 2 week bus strike.

best of luck with the move...

Submitted by Doug on 6 July, 2008 - 15:48.

I am finishing up our packing now. As I seem to have trouble limiting myself,

we now have about 3600LB of "buying some items that it is worth taking with" ,all of vital to our very existence ;)

What the heck, you only live once,

bring our Tempurpedic pillows too

-Doug ©

If you're not part of the solution, you're part of the precipitate

stuff,stuff, stuff, stuff,

Submitted by dirtbag on 6 July, 2008 - 21:26.

Convoy...stuff, stuff, stuff, convoy. That's what truckers do. Anything of value going by road to roughly the same place. They travel by convoy!

Stuff, stuff, by CONVOY. YOU WANT TO LIVE SEVERAL TIMES by the way. Nag Over.

10-4 good buddy..

Submitted by Doug on 6 July, 2008 - 21:51.

but in the previous lives,

I was still a pack-rat

-Doug ©

If you're not part of the solution, you're part of the precipitate