An all day bus tour…
Through a country that looks very poor.

A few mansions along the sea…
The rest are huts what we see.

The Transamerican Highway
Was quiet this Sunday.

Unemployment is 30 percent we were told,
And people do not get very old.

They hope to boast their economy…
In the tourist industry.

But in that industry it seems they have a lot to learn…
Before they can start to earn.

With building a pier they could begin…
Because the two ships a week have to tender in.

Maybe the long discussed interocean Nicaragua canal
Could bring prosperity for them all.

We visited the large market in the city of Masaya
And drove along Lake Nicaragua.

We saw the Masaya volcano steam rising to the sky
As we stood nearby.

We walked the hot streets in the colonial Granada city and were told
They depend on funds from Spain to restore what is old!

Nicaragua might boast a historic legacy…
But ‘til now they show no prosperity!