So, now I'm a bit current on matters, although I know, especially once the pictures arrive, that I will elaborate where I see fit at a later date...
Today I hurried to get to Corn Island only to find that the place was too full and I have to go tomorrow. No worries at all as today I went to the Casa Cultura, Tininiska (which means hummingbird in Miskito). Puerto Cabezas is right smack in the middle of the Miskito area, which are the native americans to this region. They look much different than Nicaraguans on the other coast and they speak their namesake language, or spanish, or english. The Tininiska is a place that was founded by the European Union to help the Miskito peoples retain and share their heritage and work that they currently do. Some of that work includes a special textile that they produce called Tuno. Its the bark from the Tuno tree that they beat down with a big beating-stick thing until all the moisture is out of it. It is this textile that I was most interested in and purchased some as well to bring home to make some new designs. If it goes over well we spoke about in the future how we may be able to employ the women to make any designs we choose to do in Tuno. Their wage here is exemplarary for the region.. and this particular region isn't so poor.. but the tribes in which they actually get the fabric from are deep in the forests here, so we would be helping people for certain.
I have decided to go to Corn Island and will leave tomorrow on 2 island-hopper flights. Those of you who really know me understand my current motto for this trip: Some say I'm brave because of the work I do here in Nicaragua. I say I'm brave because I know what I go through everytime I have to get on one of these damn planes.
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