Chinita, chinita!!!

Yep, that´s what I´ve been hearing like 50 times a day since I arrived here!!!

On monday we were supposed to start in the hospital, but we didn't know that we had to bring our white doctorjackets (sorry, don´t know the word in english) ourselves. And the doctor was like: well if you don´t wear it, there´s no way you can enter the hospitalfloors...
So we had to find out ourselves where to buy one or where to find somebody who will make one for us! We finally succeeded, and I have a white jacket for not even 5 euro!!!

So wednesday we started our first day in the hospital. The first hour was kinda strange..... the doctor was like, well just look around okay. Okay, what now.....
At one moment a woman was brought into the hospital, half dead. I don´t know if the hospital has those automatic breathing machines, on the first aid floor where we are going to be the first 2 weeks, they don´t. So at one point I was pumping air into this woman, kinda scary for the first 5 seconds, coz I didn´t know how far in coma she was, and her eyes were open too, looking at me........ But after that it was okay. Very interesting to be so close to the patient and the doctors and what they were doing!
There was this young girl too, just 15 years old and already 8 months pregnant, that is very common in Masaya (Nicaragua?) I´ve been told. In the hospital were some doctors and nurses wearing a Radboud/ Canisius jacket and quite some instruments from the Netherlands! We were feeling kinda stupid, coz we didn´t have much practical experience and here in Nicaragua they start with some practice immediately when they enter medical school. I hope the doctors will teach us some things here, so we feel more usefull.
The hospital doesn´t have like all the equipments ofcourse, and it is so interesting to see how they are so inventive with all kinds of stuff.

On Sunday there was this marimba thing at our neighbours. I saw all these cute little children (5-8 years) dancing the marimba in couples, all dressed up, very cute!!!
Last Saturday we didn´t go to the Managua party scene, coz my brother here couldn´t find his friend who wanted to drive us to there. Instead, I went to a bar here in Masaya with my ´parents´, everybody is like so flexible here, didn´t dare to go on the dancefloor!!!

Masaya is quite a small town and very dirty! Haven´t discovered the hotspots overhere, though the lake is quite beautifull, but too dirty to swim in... This weekend we are planning to go to other places in Nicaragua, don´t know yet whereto.

In about half an hour we are heading to Managua to buy a ticket for Lillian to Chile. I have to find myself a bikini too, since mine got stolen in San Pedro, Guatemala, freaky!!! I so don´t wanna go to Managua, since everybody is telling us how dangerous it is......... Well, hope to speak to you soon!!!