Over the rivers and through the dust...

Not to worry, Rio was just practicing!

A couple of days ago, I took the boys to another successful play date here.  On the drive I got to thinking about how different it was to drive to play dates in the States.  I mean, how many ox and cart set-ups do you see there?  Unless you live in Amish country, probably none.  On this drive alone I saw one filled to the brim with plaintains and one where its driver was helping himself to dirt from the now almost dry river bed.  Filling the cart scoop by scoop with one shovel!  Now that's Nica time!  We also had the pleasure of viewing a dust cloud that literally engulfed the entire car.  I was yelling at the boys, "Close your mouth and eyes!" as we encroached upon it.  The next not-so-pleasurable site was a pile of burning trash.  (They're not too advanced here with sanitation.  lol.)  There was a small pick up truck selling butter, chicken and lettuce and using a megaphone to pitch their wares, four giant pigs (We almost had bbq for dinner because one almost hit the car!) and a stand with five local women making a local favorite called nacatamales (the Nica take on a tamale).  Oh and we crossed over two rivers along the way.  And this was a slow day on the road.  My favorite part would have to be boths boys with their heads out of the windows screaming "Hola!" and "Gasolina?" (I was trying to fill the old clunker up to no avail.).  They loved every bit of it except for the burning trash smell.  That didn't go over too well, but it is REALLY gross, so who could blame them?!  All in all, it was so worth the drive.  The boys and I got to hang out with some new friends!  Happy weekend everyone!