Playing cards, drinking rum, and smoking cigars. If you don't think this combo is for you, don't go to Nicaragua. It's post sightseeing activity numero uno. This is out side our hotel room in Leon.
You've got to have crutches in Nicaragua. Many Nicaraguan's gamble at the slot machines. Many drink until they fall down. Many eat deep-fried plantains until they grow large... Nicaragua could actually rival the USA for obesity rates. There is a lot of fried food. And everyone eats it. We found it tragic that a country with so much access to fresh amazing food could have so little of a food culture.
But those cigars and that rum... all is forgiven.
Ooooh, lack of a food culture puts it low on my list of places to see. I think I would be perfectly happy doing a Bourdainesque tour of the world's gourmand hotspots....
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