However, I've noticed that with a little time -- I've been here now almost 3 years -- I've come to appreciate some of these "oddities."
Here is my list of "charming" oddities (in no particular order):
1) "Thank you" means "no thank you" (more often than not).
2) The hairstylist washes your hair AFTER they finish cutting it.
3) There are stop signs at the intersections with traffic signals.
4) You are a gringo even if you don't come from the United States.
5) Nicaraguans drink instant coffee even though ground Nicaraguan coffee is excellent.
6) The taxi driver will pick up more passengers while enroute to your destination (and will sometimes drop them off before you!)
7) The taxi driver will take you with him to buy gas, without asking.
8) It doesn't cost anything to receive cellular phone calls.
9) EVERYONE has a cell phone. (See #8)
10) Obituaries via loudspeaker. Huh? Yep, it's true. I couldn't believe my ears the first time. Here in Masaya the tradition is to announce the death of your loved ones via loudspeaker on a slowly moving vehicle.
Celebrate the differences!
si walter aca la gente tiene un estilo unico, y las personas quew mueren son mas famosa muertas que vivas pobrecitos verdad por que ya no lo pueden oir, pero es para avisar a las demas personas que los conocen de su cepelio para que todos asistan y aca los taxis asi son te llevan a pasear y hasta despues a su detino, los barberos te dejan limpio sin pelos cortados y las señales se colocan sin pensar, pero eso si somos un pequeño pais con un gran espiritu Frank Collado Beca 00159
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All the things he says are true, in some way for you are rare, but is part of the Nicaraguan ideosingracia, has noticed that hes not uncommon for the person who says, "How are you? wait to hear the answer, if this rather badly.
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