Iguana Soup

The iguana in the video is dinner for the family, or I could have bought it for $2.50. On Fridays they can't eat meat as they are Catholics (which is I think is fact), so instead of fish fridays its Iguana. Apparently they are illegal to catch but it seems to be part of the diet here. Ive seen quite a lot so hopefully not endangered.

The houses have run into some trouble. Engineer and Architect volunteers have arrived and looking at the design of the roof say that it would be a bad idea to have the gutter in the middle of the roof; torrential rain for 4 months might cause some problems, so they've designed a new roof. The original design was also quite complicated, therefor expensive. Keep it simple architects!

Its pretty useful to speak spanish if you visit Latin America otherwise you do miss out on quite a lot. Its like going to a funpark and being to short to do all the rides. But for constuction it's pretty simple, like, "mas agua, mas mezclar, mas arena" . . . more water, more cement, more sand. The spanish argue quite a lot, but Nicaraguans don't seem so outgoing and expressive. There is an ongoing argument between Spanish and Americans of who is dirtier. Although here pretty much everyone is dirty.

Im reading Open veins of latin America, which is a scathing history of the exploitation of the Americas. Basically a history not written by the winner. Theres nothing good to say about the United States in it (or Europe). Although it can´t be true Americans are always saying,"We have the greatest country in the world!".

Im travelling to Guatemala next week as have heard of another project there.

ALso here is a tiny lizard similar to ones that you see everywhere.

Adios