Almost an impressionistic view of a pickup truck pulling out of a farm alongside the highway. The woman had just said goodbye, and one person rode in the bed of the truck.

Here a man was slowly sauntering across the road, perhaps to the small store on the corner opposite.

A motorcycle on the highway sped past a new car lot beside the road. The financial situation in the country must be improving if there are new cars for sale.

Symbolic of cows that grazed beside the road everywhere throughout the country.

Two kids waited on a horse drawn cart that was parked beside the road. Perhaps their parents were buying something off camera.

The town of León during a rain storm at night. This shot was taken from the protection of a restaurant.

Here cattle egrets rooted around trash discarded alongside the road. We passed many such places where trash littered the roadside but only this one with cattle egrets.

In front of the cathedral were two massive statues of lions. This was the one to the left of the door when facing the entrance.

The presence of cattle grazing alongside the roadway was so common throughout Nicaragua, that we had to include another shot showing that.

A brand new school had just completed construction and was being painted with logos, signs, and contact information.

A common site at gas stations were men selling sun glasses off a display carried on the back. Here he held a sample in his left hand ready to offer to an interested customer.

The "Seguimos Cambiando Nicaragua" (We [are] Changing Nicaragua) show was just being set up, a Christian, socialist organization.

An auto repair shop found alongside the road just outside San Juan del Sur.

Cattle grazed alongside a modest farmhouse. Note the TV antenna.

Few people were out that early evening during a heavy rain. Just two people in the distance hot footing it toward shelter.

The banner read:

Arnoldo Presidente
Empleos Ya
Sumate al plc Casilla 1 PLC

President Arnoldo
With Jobs
Join at PO Box 1, Casilla