Monday, May 9, 2016

Report #129 Corinto, Nicaragua May 8, 2016 Sunday Partly cloudy & 89 degrees Part #2 of 2 58 Pictures


Sent: Monday, May 9, 2016 9:37:31 AM
Subject: Report #129  Corinto, Nicaragua   May 8, 2016   Sunday   Partly cloudy & 89 degrees    Part #2 of 2      58 Pictures

Continued photos of Corinto………….

 

Closed today

 

Local park with garden art

 

Landscaped

 

With inviting benches

 

Garden next to the church

 

Cool spot for the locals

 

Trees for shade….most welcomed

 

Neat and clean

 

The meeting hall

 

Little dancing girl was dressed in her Sunday-best

 

Tables of treasures

 

Checking out the souvenirs

 

The local Catholic Church

 

Today was the Celebration of the Virgin of Cuapa

 

A refuge in the town's center

 

Religion is a big part of life in this country

 

Locals were proud of their church

 

Meeting hall

 

Sailaway Pictures From Corinto, Nicaragua…….

 

Puerto Corinto building – neat painting on the building

 

An old loading pier

 

Sheds for grains, we think

 

The marimba band disbands after a full day of playing

 

Waiting for 6:30pm and two guests who did not show up

 

View of the town from deck nine

 

The guarded gate to town

 

Getting ready for the sail away

 

Day was cooling down, thank goodness

 

Lighthouse and statue on Isla el Cardon

 

There goes the band

 

Tugs in the harbor

 

Sun was going down

 

A fishing boat

 

The first ship just left the dock

 

Some folks were coming back late

 

Hope they got some good buys in town

 

Small fishing fleet

 

The highest building to town

 

Local boat

 

Here comes the Hannah Schulte container ship

 

One and only frigate we saw

 

Surrounding mangroves

 

The deck hands wait to dock

 

This vessel has seen a lot of sea days

 

Pretty rusty

 

The tug helped the ship to the dock

 

The navigators of the cargo ship

 

Wonder what is in the containers

 

The crew of the vessel

 

Tugboat working

 

Boating to go fishing

 

Takes two tugs to position the ship

 

The sheds

 

Not the prettiest of ports

 

Sun setting over the town

 

Few onlookers this evening

 

Clouds consumed the sun

 

Close to 5:45pm

 

Gone by 6:04pm