Thursday, December 4, 2008

Travel Thursday: Managua, 1985

Downtown Managua
Managua was a donut city when I was there. The 1972 earthquake obliterated the downtown area, and it was never rebuilt--Wikipedia says "out of fear of earthquakes", but the story I heard was that Somoza's family owned a bunch of land on the outskirts and got a bill passed prohibiting rebuilding in the center.
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4 comments:

  1. GenerikDecember 4, 2008 at 1:58 PM

    Awesome shot!

    (Umm... that is a statue there holding up the rifle, yes?)

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  2. ahabDecember 4, 2008 at 2:01 PM

    Very cool shot.

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  3. Tom HiltonDecember 4, 2008 at 3:16 PM

    Thanks! Yes, definitely a statue. ;-)

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  4. DonnaDecember 5, 2008 at 4:14 AM

    eh, nice back -- would love to see the model.
    : )

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