This is Matagalpa, a bustling town in the mountains in the heart of the country's coffee growing region. 
We were first here a couple of weeks ago, and I'm back this week to begin work with a coffee coop that has its base here, Cecocafen. If all goes according to our semi-plan, I'll be back here for 3 days a week for about 5 weeks over the next few months. 
It was pretty cool and stormy when we were here last time. This week it's sunny and hot with lots of mosquitoes. 
We found a nice local park with this impressive mural marking the entrance to a short commando slide. The down side of the park was its efforts to provide a zoo. 
The cages were all far too small and thoroughly miserable. 
Moving on and changing themes, the main square pays homage to the fight of the Sandinista revolutionaries in 1979 with this statue surrounded by Sandinista and Nicuaraguan national flags. 
'SADRACH' can just be made out written on the pink wall to the right of the man. I was feeling quite sad when we first arrived here and I discovered my i-pod had been stolen. Seeing this sprawled all over the town didn't help to improve my mood. It is either the name of the current mayor or a mayoral candidate for the next elections. SADRACH is everywhere in Matagalpa.
'SADRACH' can just be made out written on the pink wall to the right of the man. I was feeling quite sad when we first arrived here and I discovered my i-pod had been stolen. Seeing this sprawled all over the town didn't help to improve my mood. It is either the name of the current mayor or a mayoral candidate for the next elections. SADRACH is everywhere in Matagalpa.
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