In this ocasion, l bring you guys a new way of write about

the experience. Instead of share with you information of great

characters, l will focus on describing the magnificent paradise l

enjoyed for two weeks during january.

Corn Island it’s located in the Caribean sea, at the east from

Blue Fields and not far away from it (like 80 km). The island has

the taste of Nicaragua’s seaside, combined with the real caribean

landscape and views. People watch how days pass by just

hanging out and living the easy life. Lot of smiles and good vibes.

But, what happen with

paradises? Unfortunatly,

nowadays, peolpe keep on trying

to conquer them. Corn Island is

just another example. There is a

high average of territory wich is

private, because people with

money came and bought it. Most

of this people are extrangers, just

because they have the money

that others don’t have, they are

able to make a part of this

paradise their posesion.

And, related with this fact, is really common for local

people to work in those privates lands, keeping it clean, tidy and

under security for the foreing owners, in exchange for living

there and a few dolars to buying food.

That is another unfair point of this place, most of people

live in poorperty and prices are more expensive than in other

part of the country, because of transporting products throug the

sea. Sometimes, if the wheather is bad, people from the island

are completly isolated and enterprises can’t provide to stores or

markets products for sale to population.

As the rest of the places in the country located in the

seaside, this sland have a lot of activity related with fishing. It is a

easy way of make money for the youngsters and elders and one

of the few ways of getting a job. People go with a boat for a

couple of days or weeks for fishing grabbing the fishing line with

hands. It happens the same with the taxi driver job: it is really

common.

Population living in Corn Island is really variated. There are

local people, who borned there and other people who moved in

order to find a new begining and earn money working. There is a

Afro-Jamaican taste in the Island, most of the people talk in

english and the rest who don’t, are called “Paña”, term used to

design those who talk in spanish. Most of this Paña are people

who moved to the Island comming from other part of the

country where spanish is the main language used.

As a paradise, Corn Island has a lot of turism. Most of the

people who travell there and enjoy the white sand combined

with blue wather colors, are from U.S., Canada and a small

average, from Europe. The enterteinment wich offers the Island

is variated, but nothing special actually. Most of the turist use

night pubs or just lay down on their Hotel’s hamac and toast

their skin while drinking refreshing liquid.

Adrián Villalba, 2018