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This project was funded by Bernard and Anne Spitzer Travel Fellowship for research projects involving travel abroad and incorporating the study of architecture, landscape architecture, or urbanism.

Much of the bus system in Nicaragua is comprised of old american school buses which have been decorated and refurbished. We thought we had a great seat for the ride between Juigalpa and San Carlos, but were then told to get off the bus at a roadside…

View of the park at the Sandino lookout in Juigalpa. We met some teenagers there who were trying to tell us to visit the local zoo.

View of the entrance to the Museum of Archaeology, which also had an animal (and human) oddities area.

This project was funded by Bernard and Anne Spitzer Travel Fellowship for research projects involving travel abroad and incorporating the study of architecture, landscape architecture, or urbanism.

Livestock is often left to walk free to forage because the cost of keeping animals fed is higher than letting them eat plants on the island. Since Lake Nicaragua is a freshwater lake, animals can survive on food found on the island, and water from…

Lake Nicaragua’s shoreline structures used by local families for household chores, like washing clothing and linens.

Lake Nicaragua’s shoreline structures are used by local families for household chores, like washing clothing and linens.

women doing laundry at Playa Real

This project was funded by Bernard and Anne Spitzer Travel Fellowship for research projects involving travel abroad and incorporating the study of architecture, landscape architecture, or urbanism.