May 20, 2009
Last Sunday, the 17th of May, Dan and I headed down to Esteli. Esteli is a larger city in Nicaragua that is a center of some tourism. The downtown area of the city is built around a beautiful Catholic church and a central park area. The Church’s traditional architecture included rounded towers and a white exterior. The interior of the church was filled with large columns and wonderfully crafted pews, chairs and tables. Radiating from the central park and church were a variety of shops and restaurant. Dan and I went to the local internet café and then proceeded to check out some local shops. I found a sweet bracelet that I ended up buying for 10 Cordobas which is equivalent to .50 cents. I knotted the bracelet on my wrist and thought that when I go home it will be a nice reminder of everything that I will experience here in Nicaragua. Dan and I ate at a very nice restaurant in Esteli and had sandwiches (which I have not tasted for a week, god it was good). After lunch it was time to head back to Sabana Grande. I loved Esteli and hope that later in my trip I will get to revisit the city.
Monday marked the start of one of my big business projects here in Nicaragua. (Side note: last week the volunteer coordinator and I submitted the grant application for an environmental restaurant in The Solar Center, so keep your fingers crossed that we get it!) Now, I am constructing a catalog for all the sustainable products and services that The Solar Center provides. The Solar Center is a spot for the innovation of renewable technology and vends renewable products to the public. The catalog is one step that they are taking to better market their business and raise local awareness of The Solar Center. I am planning to complete the catalog within two weeks because at the end of May there is a business fair in the city of Ocatol. The hope is that we will be able to distribute the catalog there.
So this entire week I have been working on the catalog. I am first writing it in English and we will later translate it to Spanish. This task is rather difficult because the solar center currently has no formal list of their products and services. I am doing a lot of investigating about what is actually provided and then I have to write up descriptions for the different products. The descriptions are tricky because many of the products utilize technologies that I do not fully understand. So currently I would say the status of the catalog is 1/3 completed. I hope that once completed that the catalog can be a great resource that the solar center can use and eventually update.
Nat-tan David
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Hola Nathan,
Gracias por la informacion de tu viaje. Me gusto escuchar de tus excursiones! Espero que tienes una semana magnifico!
Adios,
Tu favorita tia,
Marcia
Love your blogs and they are so interesting. Can’t respond in spanish as Marcia did – but wanted to let you know I think you are doing such a wonderful thing for the people there who have so little. As you said, it does make us so much more thankful for all we have and increases our desire to help others less fortunate. My love and prayers are with you.