An ISEP student from California lives across the street from me, and we travel most days to school together. We live the farthest away from the university, which means about a 10 minute walk through our neighborhood and through a shopping mall and hotel area. If the bus comes in a timely manner, the ride is about 15 minutes, but there is no schedule or route or map to know where the stops are or when it will come, so we never know. A man who works for my host mom showed me how to take the bus to the school the first day I got here, otherwise I would be even more confused. From where we get off of the bus, it is another 5-10 minute walk to the university. The bus costs C$2.50. That is approximately 10 cents, because the exchange of the Cordoba changes frequently. The journey is not relaxing or straightforward, but it gives me the experience to squeeze in a cramped, incredibly hot bus with Nicaraguans, as they do everyday. I did not come to a developing country to have a driver and a red carpet laid down. Instead I walk over sewers, next to women cooking street food, by men making kissing noises, and around dogs eating trash. It make me feel a little more comfortable, although the amount I sweat on the other hand, is not so much.
- Gracie Bronson
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