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- čas přidán 20. 08. 2022
- Things I haven't done in the past year since moving to San Juan Del Sur, Nicaragua
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Allison, so happy to find you again ! So excited for you and your family moving. You are so happy, what a beautiful home and view. I truly believe you will get better and better healing yourself with your naturalpath doc and your garden, fruit trees, and eggs, and sunshine. Looks like a perfect fit for your family. Can't wait to watch the next one. If only they had school's like that here. I would delete the negative comment that only causes stress . Many blessings , you are a lovely, kind person, and to take in all those precious animals, they are so calm and happy.
This is such an entertaining video Allison 😀😀 loved it
Hi how everything, we miss you ..I follow from Miami Florida.
Hey Allison! We just got back from SJDS after having spent almost 3 months there. There was one element that was the deal breaker for me/us : the climate. It's one thing to go on vacation for 2-3 weeks in a hot country but quite another to actually live in one. OMG. If anything, it served as a real learning experience in what not to EVER AGAIN take for granted : a cool, temperate climate that we enjoy here in northern Europe. And given the constant heat and humidity, it is a breeding ground for mold and having to deal with bugs incessantly. Ugh.
As I went over alone with my 8 yr old daughter (I thought I could convince my husband to leave his job, sell the house etc..."details"....err...) there is a huge problem inherent in 3rd world countries : constantly being cheated. Nicas earn on average something like $250 per month...and then they see us come over and think that we're all rich. I even knew that I was being cheated most of the time but got so fed up with it that I just gave in and accepted it as part of being a "gringo"; a foreigner in their country.
Sure they're friendly but it's mainly out of interest. Far too much is made of them being "the friendliest people in the world" when in actual fact it's because they are constantly always trying to get more out of you.
I was told this by other expats at first and thought that they were being too harsh but then I was subjected to the full force of it - especially as they saw me as a single woman with a small child.
Before going over I had heard that the infrastructure was very poor - really bad roads; constant road works going on (most of it wasteful as they're not doing it correctly from the get go - even the Nicas say this) but I think it continues like that because it provides for work - and nevermind that it makes getting around sometimes extremely difficult.
If you don't have a vehicule - as was my case - life gets a lot more difficult as you can't just go to a good supermarket like La Colonia (half an hur away in Rivas - and where prices were on par with that which we pay here in Europe so NOT cheap) and other household items.
I read before going that you can just "live like the Nicas' - which is total bullshit because they are all living in extreme poverty. I felt sad for them but I refuse to live like that myself.
Shopping at Pali wasn't that cheap at all and the "fresh produce" was often wilted or downright rotting. I think if I stayed there longer, I'd have to become a vegetarian as the meat wasn't exactly the best either - which is a shame as I had read that Nicas were autonomous as far as food production goes but then I discovered that a lot of their produce is exported : which makes total sense as they'd hardly sell it to the locals who clearly (tragically) cannot afford it.
And then there's the simmering pot of underlying anymosity towards the "expats" who are literally jacking up the prices of homes and apartments in SJDS. I was paying 950 euros for an apartment and then I was able to move to a house shared with an American lady who had a restaurant there - but who had told me that she was looking for a buyer so that she could leave to go back to Florida as she had had enough.
It's just a darn shame that the people who go there buying $500K - $1 million dollar homes in the hills overlooking the bay of San Juan Del Sur don't give back to the community and help to pay for proper infrastructure because it is a HUGE impediment to improving life there.
I could say A LOT more but this is the basic jist : life there even for a middle class person like myself was very hard. It might have been a bit eaier had my spouse come with us but I thank God that he didn't do as I had asked : quit his job, sell our house etc.
Nevertheless, life in Nicaragua is definitely NOT for the faint of heart. I will likely never go back there again.
Forgot to mention that the produce there is literally saturated in pesticides. It is VERY difficult to find organic produce and when you do, you pay a bloody fortune.
Hi Allison, bugs from Managua!
are you still enjoying nica and leaving canada ?
So what are you thinking of with moving to Nicaragua? I'm from Salmon Arm and we are still talking about Nicaragua. What areas do you like best? Do the evenings cool enough for sleeping?
I'm going to copy paste what I just posted to Allison that might help to give you some perspective : " Hey Allison! We just got back from SJDS after having spent almost 3 months there. There was one element that was the deal breaker for me/us : the climate. It's one thing to go on vacation for 2-3 weeks in a hot country but quite another to actually live in one. OMG. If anything, it served as a real learning experience in what not to EVER AGAIN take for granted : a cool, temperate climate that we enjoy here in northern Europe. And given the constant heat and humidity, it is a breeding ground for mold and having to deal with bugs incessantly. Ugh.
As I went over alone with my 8 yr old daughter (I thought I could convince my husband to leave his job, sell the house etc..."details"....err...) there is a huge problem inherent in 3rd world countries : constantly being cheated. Nicas earn on average something like $250 per month...and then they see us come over and think that we're all rich. I even knew that I was being cheated most of the time but got so fed up with it that I just gave in and accepted it as part of being a "gringo"; a foreigner in their country.
Sure they're friendly but it's mainly out of interest. Far too much is made of them being "the friendliest people in the world" when in actual fact it's because they are constantly always trying to get more out of you.
I was told this by other expats at first and thought that they were being too harsh but then I was subjected to the full force of it - especially as they saw me as a single woman with a small child.
Before going over I had heard that the infrastructure was very poor - really bad roads; constant road works going on (most of it wasteful as they're not doing it correctly from the get go - even the Nicas say this) but I think it continues like that because it provides for work - and nevermind that it makes getting around sometimes extremely difficult.
If you don't have a vehicule - as was my case - life gets a lot more difficult as you can't just go to a good supermarket like La Colonia (half an hur away in Rivas - and where prices were on par with that which we pay here in Europe so NOT cheap) and other household items.
I read before going that you can just "live like the Nicas' - which is total bullshit because they are all living in extreme poverty. I felt sad for them but I refuse to live like that myself.
Shopping at Pali wasn't that cheap at all and the "fresh produce" was often wilted or downright rotting. I think if I stayed there longer, I'd have to become a vegetarian as the meat wasn't exactly the best either - which is a shame as I had read that Nicas were autonomous as far as food production goes but then I discovered that a lot of their produce is exported : which makes total sense as they'd hardly sell it to the locals who clearly (tragically) cannot afford it.
And then there's the simmering pot of underlying anymosity towards the "expats" who are literally jacking up the prices of homes and apartments in SJDS. I was paying 950 euros for an apartment and then I was able to move to a house shared with an American lady who had a restaurant there - but who had told me that she was looking for a buyer so that she could leave to go back to Florida as she had had enough.
It's just a darn shame that the people who go there buying $500K - $1 million dollar homes in the hills overlooking the bay of San Juan Del Sur don't give back to the community and help to pay for proper infrastructure because it is a HUGE impediment to improving life there.
I could say A LOT more but this is the basic jist : life there even for a middle class person like myself was very hard. It might have been a bit eaier had my spouse come with us but I thank God that he didn't do as I had asked : quit his job, sell our house etc.
Nevertheless, life in Nicaragua is definitely NOT for the faint of heart. I will likely never go back there again.
And the heat and humidity was the #1 reason I left. It was ALL-pervasive. Even at night. Maybe if you were to go up in the higher altitudes but omg, it was horrendous. Never again. In almost 3 months I didn't get 1 good night's sleep.
@@Canuckbelgo Thank you for being honest and straightforward. Humidity is something that is really hard for some people. My husband hates it and it makes him miserable and for me it's nostalgic as I grew up in it. The thing I'm concerned about is that there is no winter. In Bolivia we had a couple of months of +5 to +15C which gives a nice break from heat and humidity. I grew up in the US and it was the same thing except the high humidity in winter sometimes turned into a lot of snow. In Canada our winters are very long and get longer every year.....ha ha It was fun as an older teen but is not fun as a middle ager. Thanks again!
@@AncientOneFamily. you're very welcome. I'm sorry if I might have sounded so negative but I was not exaggerating.
Btw I was born in Canada and lived my first 20 years there. I loved the snow as a child - but am glad we don't really get any to speak of here in Belgium. I'll have lived in Belgium for 34 yrs this March.
Suffice it to say I cannot handle extreme weather either way. lol
Hi, I live in SJDS now. I am vegetarian. I have a problem to buy nuts and seeds which I can use for my dishes and cakes (not salted, no roasted) over here. I tried Nica Naturales but they have very limited offer. Any idea where should I tried in SJDS or Rivas?
Thanks
Hi! MSc Sanchez has some when you enter on the right. Not all are unsalted/unroasted, but I know I saw some 😊
@@allisonsjourney thanks
Any shop in Rivas?
@@monikasebtravel have you tried la colonia in Rivas?
@@allisonsjourney yes I did
Congratulations on escaping fascism.
Be very careful what you wish for....