Land of the guardabarranco

Nicaragua is a small country, but as the famous Nicaraguan poet-statesman Rubén Darío said, "Si la patria es pequeña, grande la sueña" - If the homeland is small, one dreams it big.  I've adapted the phrase in the chorus here - "great is the dream" [of the people].  The more time we spend here, the more we hear about different people groups and different places that would be interesting to explore.

Here's a song of things we have not done, but would wish to do if it were all possible!

Thanks to the kids again for singing along. Thanks to Rebekah for her painting of the guardabarranco (in English, the mot mot) below, and to Dad for his photo of the guardabarranco above.


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Land of the guardabarranco

land of the guardabarranco
land of lakes and volcanoes
with so many stories to tell
Nicaragua
y grande es el sueño

let's take a slow boat out to Ometepe, hike up Concepción
bike riding the island, watch the setting of the sun
go on pilgrimage to Solantiname and while there
take time with the locals' art and join with them in prayer

float down the Río Coco, learn to sing in Miskito
fly to the Corn Islands, snorkel off the coast
explore the unexplored in rainforest Bosawás
listen to creation, greet the quetzals and macaws


let's walk and swim the canyon and taste rosquillas in Somotó
look down at the lava of the Masaya volcano
hike into the waterfall Estanzuela in Estelí
watch the turtles hatch along the beach, make their way out to the sea