Videos tagged with "safe"

Lesbian Bar Fight: Managua, Nicaragua [01:36]
Karaoke gay bars in Managua, Nicaragua are not quite the funny, drag-queen dancing places we're familiar with. Here I feared for my life as some real butch lesbians get jealous and start throwing chairs at each other. Fortunately we were at a safe distance...
Tags: Managua Nicaragua nightlife, lesbian bar fight, Nicaragua tourism, Nicaraguan lesbians

Giving buying power back to the women of Soppexcca co-op. [04:04]
Far from the fields and coffee farms, the women of Soppexcca cooperative work long, hard hours sorting coffee beans at the mill. Most walk the road to work, which leaves only a few evening hours to shop for family necessities along their commute. As a result, the women routinely buy food and goods from roadside vendors in small quantities and at high prices - a transaction of circumstance that keeps them in debt. In 2010 with funds from our Fair to Farmer Direct program the women opened a mercado (translation: a market or store) just steps away from the sorting mill. Here, off the streets and in a safe environment the women can buy what they need at a manageable price.
Tags: Nicaragua, Women's, Cooperative

Granada, Nicaragua WALMART (market) [02:07]
open market offering everything you can think of; fruit, vegetables, meat (all kinds of each); shoes, hats, clothes, beads, dishes, electronics, etc. Soon the Walmart enterprise will be coming to town and shutting down all the vendors; No community is safe from big box businesses.
Tags: open market, 3rd world, flies, fresh meat, crowded, noisy, mercado, walmart, tin roof, central america, NICA, nicaragua, big box business, mom and pop store

The Streets of Esteli, Nicaragua [01:59]
March 2009 As we walked in the streets of Estelí we heard some music. Upon investigation we found that there was a band rehearsal inside a stadium with high walls. There were however a couple of holes at just the right height for a very short person to stand and look in. This is what we saw
Tags: Estelí, Nicaragua, Central, America, band, practise, cheap, tourist, destination, safe, travel, entertainment

Perritos [02:49]
This video spotlights the wonderful rottweilers who keep me safe day and night. Man's best friend, or Jan's best friend? You decide.
Tags: Nicaragua, perros, Cola, Sydney, Jan Mar, MPI, Who Let The Dogs Out