Reading over this hedonistic little journal, I feel compelled to say that Bob and I do also maintain some awareness of the outside world. We´re moved and appalled by the desperate plight of Haiti (the banks here have collection boxes, gathering contributions from the Nicaraguan people). There´s also a dire drought taking place in some of Nicaragua´s central-eastern regions, with already marginal inhabitants stressed to the breaking point.
I don´t know how to mingle these different consciousnesses in a travel blog (Super Bowl ads jingling in the background as I type this) but I´ve been bothered by the self-involvement of my notes. How to respond, as one small citizen of a crowded world… we chew on this as we careen through days in a very foreign place.
brief pause to acknowledge other realities
Reading over this hedonistic little journal, I feel compelled to say that Bob and I do also maintain some awareness of the outside world. We´re moved and appalled by the desperate plight of Haiti (the banks here have collection boxes, gathering contributions from the Nicaraguan people). There´s also a dire drought taking place in some of Nicaragua´s central-eastern regions, with already marginal inhabitants stressed to the breaking point.
I don´t know how to mingle these different consciousnesses in a travel blog (Super Bowl ads jingling in the background as I type this) but I´ve been bothered by the self-involvement of my notes. How to respond, as one small citizen of a crowded world… we chew on this as we careen through days in a very foreign place.