Nicaragua: Grenada ram a ni

Granada-ah emaw, chuta kan kalna kawngah emaw chuan thawnthu chu a inthlak danglam nasa hle.

Friday-a Managua-a min hruai tur Leon atanga shuttle bus kan book a. Leon-a kan hostel manager Kris chuan Masaya biala nawrh huaihawt thar leh a nih thu leh chuvang chuan bus chuan chu bial chu a paltlang dawn tih min hriattir tawh a ni. Vanduaithlak takin thu dik lo a ni. Bus chuan Masaya khawpui chu a tlan pel nghal a, rang takin action lai takah kan awm ta a. Keimah ngei pawhin ka hre chiang lo tak zet a, a tlangpuiin bus-a ka chuang veleh ka muhil nghal vat thin. George chu chutiang chu a ni lo. Ka harh chuan Jörg chu a lungawi lo hle a, bus driver nen he hmuna kan tlan chhuah chhan chu a sawi dun a. A chhan chu motor tlan ding lai takah chuan lungin an invawrh lai mipui zingah kan tlan lut nghal a ni. Bus a kal pelh chuan kawngpuiah insual chu rei vak lo a tawp a, lungphun chhunzawm zel hmain kawngzawhtute chuan min rawn kuah a (gentlemen’s demonstrators hi an tih ang chi hi an ni). Mahse, a nuam lo hle. Kawngpui atanga lungpui (cobblestone) laih chhuah a, kawngpui inkharkhip anga kulh ang maia an dah khawm dan pawh kan hmu bawk.

Chawhnu lam vel khan Granada kan thleng a, darkar 2 vel kan tlai. Khawpui lai takah, Parque Central bulah chiah kan hostel chu kan nei a. Chawhnu lamah chuan engkim a la pangngai reng. Zan hmasa khan kan muhil tha lo va, chuvang chuan kan chau hle a, khawpui chhunga thil hmuhnawm tak takte thlirletna nei turin tawlailir hahdam takin kan chuang ta a ni.

Zanah chuan kan hotel hma lam kawngpuiah ngei chuan meipui ri ring tak tak hmangin a intan a. Tun hnaiah President Ortega ban chungchanga nawrh huaihawt leh nawrh huaihawt chu a reh tawh hle. Mahse, tûnah chuan Nicaragua ram hmun ṭhenkhatah chuan rilru put hmang chu a lum leh ta a, a hma aia nasa zawkin a awm ta a ni. Tin, a tuar nasa zawkna hmun pakhat chu hmun zawng zawnga Granada a ni. Zankhuain kawngpuiah puak leh au thawm ri nasa tak a awm a, tun atang chuan zan tin hetiang hian a awm tawh dawn a ni.
A tuk zingah chuan Nicaragua chanchinbu “La Prensa” online edition-ah chuan ram chhunga thil thleng chu kan zui ta a. Zan lama buaina chhuak chu Masaya-ah a nasa ber niin a lang. Masaya hi revolution hunlai khan thil thleng lian tak a ni tawh a. Too bad chu chu ni atan chauh chuan Masaya-a Mercado de Artesanias-ah kal kan tum a. Masaya tlang kang pawh tlawh kan duh a, chutah chuan lungpui kam thlengin lirtheiin i kal thei a, tlai lamah pawh lungpui (lava) i en thei bawk. Mahse, tuna kan dinhmun avang hian thinlung rit takin tun dinhmunah chuan chutiang tel lova tih leh dinhmun a ṭhat hma chu nghah kan tum ta a ni.
Chuvang chuan Granada-ah ni khat kan hmang a, khawpui chu tlem kan tlawh kual a. Thil dang dang zingah «Antigua Estacion del Ferrocarril» kan tlawh a, chu chu Granada khawpui rel station hlui a ni. Hei hi a hlu lo tak zet a ni. Station hmaah hian park mawi tak, inkhelhna hmun lian tak a awm a, mahse complex chhung ngeiah hian rel tawlailir hlui tlemte chauh phochhuah a ni. Hei bakah hian station building hlui chu pawn lama sam siamna hmunah an siam niin a lang a, hmeichhe hrang hrangte chu folding chair-ah an thu a, hmeichhe dangte chu an sam an siamsak thin. Sam tan man list pawh a awm.
Zan lamah chanchinbu atangin kan thutlukna chu a tha hle tih kan hrechhuak a. Masaya-a buaina chhuak chu Zirtawpni chhung zawng khan a la reh lo. Mercado de Artesanias building-ah pawh kangmei a chhuak a, bazar pawh khar a ni. Chanchinbu chuan market chhehvela chengte chuan mak tak maiin kangmei chhuah lai hian police leh special force chauh market chhungah leh a chhehvelah an awm tih an lo report tawh tih a sawi.
Nilengin boruak muanawm tak leh Granada khawpui khualzinte awmna hmuna boruak nuam tak, hlimthla tlemte ang maia awmte chuan bar-ah in tur tlem tal in turin min thlem tir a. Zan dar 9 vel khan hostel lam panin kan haw leh a, minute 5 vel kalna chauh a ni. Chutiang ti tur chuan Parque Central kan paltlang a ngai a, a tir lamah chuan kan ngaihtuah vak lo. Mahse square kan thlen meuh chuan tlangval pawl hrang hrang an lo inkhung kual lai kan hmu a, thenkhat phei chu mask vuah lai pawh an ni. Pakhat chuan in lama siam nia lang mortar te tak te chu artillery engemaw zat kah turin a keng a. Kalkawngah mi 2 in min rawn bia a, hetah hian hlauhawm a awm a, leivut atang hian kan chhuak vat tur a ni an ti a. Tin, min hrilh ang chuan kan ti a, a rang thei ang bera kan ti bawk.
Zan lamah kan hostel neitu pawh a awm ve bawk a, extra protection atan, a sawi angin. Thil awmdan kan sawipui a, park chhunga thil thleng pawh kan hrilh bawk. Rawk leh chim tam zawk hi sorkar aiawha paramilitary pawlte tih nia rin a nih thu min hrilhfiah a, square-a kan hmuhte chu chutiang pawl, zan riah tur atana inpeih tawhte an nih a rinawm thu min hrilhfiah bawk. Chumi hnuah chuan sorkar chuan national emergency puan a nih theih nan mipuite chu mawhpuh a duh a ni. Police leh special unit-te'n nawrh huaihawtte lakah mittui tlakna gas leh silai an hman avangin mipuite an thinrim hle a, chutih laiin halmawi leh lung vawm chauh an nei a ni. Zirtawpni zan khan mipa dang kum 45 mi chu silai muin a thi bawk. Hostel manager chuan sipaite hian an rawn inrawlh thuai ang a, anmahni ngeiin president hi an paihthlak ngei an rin thu a sawi. He chanchinbu hian sipaite hian nawrh huaihawtte laka ralthuam keng lo turin an tiam niin a tarlang bawk. Hmun hrang hranga thil awmdan leh thil thlengte inhriat tawnna tura nawrh huaihawttute'n Facebook group an din aṭanga video min hmuhtir a ni. Tin, dik tak chuan heng video-te hian police-te’n remna zawnga nawrh huaihawtna kawngzawh laka tharum thawhna an hman dan a tarlang bawk. Chanchinbuah hian Civil War veteran hlui pakhatin thu a sawi a, vawiinah hian movement hi a inrual tawk lo tih a sawina thu kan chhiar tawh a. Pawl ramri nei lo, movement hotu, hruaitu awm lo. Kan inzawh tur chu: Facebook hunlai hian chu chu a la tul tak zet em?
A hun takah chuan zing dar 10 a.m.-ah kawngpuiah thawm a rawn chhuak leh ta. Kan hostel hnung block tlemteah chuan market hall a awm a, kawngpuiah mipui tlan chhuakin market humhim turin an au ri tih i hre thei bawk.

Pathianniah chuan nilengin a reh leh ta hle mai. Zan ri nasa tak hnuah rei tak kan muhil a. Chawhnu lamah chuan Las Isletas-ah kayak-a kal kan tum ta a. Hei hi mini archipelago a ni a, Granada awmna lui Lago Cocibolca-ah hian tropical island tenau 365 a awm a ni. Heng thliarkarte hi kum 10,000 kalta khan a ṭhenawm Volcan Mombacho a puak a, tunlaia a hmuh ang silhouette hrual (rugged silhouette) a siam a ni. Hmanlai chuan Granada khawpui rethei ber zinga mi an ni a, tun thleng hian thliarkar ṭhenkhatah chuan ram neitu dik lo chhungkawte chenna hmun a ni. Mahse, zawi zawiin neitu hausa tak tak, Penas chhungkua, Flor de Caña neitu leh ram pawn lama awmte chuan an rawn hnawtchhuak ta a ni.
Parque Central atanga lui lam pan chuan kan kal lai chuan minibus chi hrang hrang hmuh tur a awm a, chutah chuan bungrua leh khualzin tam tak an phur lut a. Rat te chuan lawng pil mek chu an chhuahsan mek a, chu chu a chiang hle. Tourist te chu an hlauthawng ta hle mai. Mahse, rei vak lo nghah kan tum a, chhan hrang hrang vangin. A hmasa berah chuan eng emaw kan chungah a thleng ang tih kan hlau lo, mipui thinrimna chu sorkar lam hawi a ni a, keimahni lam a ni lo. Min bei ngai lo va, min tichhe ngai lova, a lehlamah chuan kan awm lohna tur hmuna kan awm lai pawhin min vaukhân a, min thawn chhuak hial a ni. Pahnihnaah chuan nilengin a reh a, a him a, engtin pawhin tlai lamah kan inkhung tam lo. Pathumnaah chuan, kar leh atan Spanish course kan book tawh a, chu chu kan cancel duh lo. Tin, palinaah chuan, hei hi heng mite chunga thil thleng thei pawi ber a ni: khualzinte chu an tlanchhia a, sum lakluhna tha ber chu a vawt vek a ni. Chuvangin off to the lake!
Darkar 3 chhung kayak kan rent a, thliarkar hrang hrangah chawlh hahdam takin lawngin kan kal a. Chu thliarkar pakhat, Castillo San Pablo-ah pawh Spanish kulhpui te tak te pawh a awm a, chutah chuan kan ding ta a ni.
Tichuan lake promenade-ah chuan kan kal a, thil tam tak a awm lohna Centro Turistico kal tlangin khawpui lairil lam panin kan kir leh ta a.
Park chhunga mi rinhlelh awm tak takte nen kan inhmu leh duh loh avangin vawiin zing khan hostel lam panin kan haw leh ta a. Parque Central-ah chuan rinhlelh awm chi hrang hrang ni lovin, silai keng police tam tak kan hmu a. Chu chuan police chanchin i hriat zawng zawng hnuah pawh him zawka i inhriat tir tur em ni? Kan hmu ang....

Thawhlehni zan pawh khan thil awmdan chu a reh lo hle a, zankhuain meipui ri leh Pathianin a hria-a hriat angin au thawm ri kan hre leh a, mahse, Inrinni zing khan kan course neihna tur Spanish school-ah kan kal ta a ni. Course chu one-to-one a ni a, chu chu private teacher pakhat theuh ruat kan ni tihna a ni a, chu pawh chu a tha hle a, a chhan chu mi tinin an level a zirin mimal takin an hlawkpui thei a ni. Zirlai hi darkar 4 chhung a ni. Grammar repetition full load ka dawng a, chutih lai chuan Jörg chuan reading comprehension a practice a, a zirtirtu nen politics dinhmun chungchangah inbiakna nung tak tak a nei bawk. Kan Spanish zirtirtute pawhin min ti thlamuang a, lungngai suh, hlauhawmah kan awm lo, an ti a.

Class zawhah tourist mile-a restaurant pakhat ei tur kan zawng a. Mahse, chutih lai chuan thlalak chu nasa takin a danglam tawh a ni. Kawng lakah tour office atanga agent-te’n min rawn pan tawh lo va, chu chu tour neih belh theih a nih loh vang a ni ber. Tunah chuan hmar lam kawngpui te chu a inkhar vek tawh a, Masaya, tlang kang emaw hmun dang emaw thleng pawh a theih tawh lo. Public transport pawh tihtawp a ni tawh a, hmar lam pan tur bus pawh a awm tawh lo. Leon, Masaya, Managua emaw airport thleng pawh thleng theih a ni tawh lo. Kawngpuiah chuan thil zawrhna dawr te tak te chu rukbo hlauvin an tifai a. Restaurant te pawh khar a ni tawh bawk. Tin, khawpui laihawl hmun dang zawng zawngah pawh thlalak ang chiah chu an rawn pholang bawk. Ṭhenkhat chuan thil pangngai engemaw chen vawng reng turin beidawng takin an la bei laiin, ṭhenkhat erawh chuan a chhe ber tur atan an inbuatsaih thung. Window leh kawngkharte chu thingphel emaw, corrugated iron emaw hmangin nail-in an khar a, hmun tinah drill ri a ri thei a, hmun tinah mipuiin an thil neihte humhim turin hna an thawk a ni. Kawngpui thenkhat chu chawhnu lam la ni mahse a thim hle a, a downright spooky hle. Honduras leh Costa Rica panna international bus line lian zawkte pawh a kal tawh lo tih kan hriat chuan, sawi belh ngai lovin thutlukna kan siam ta a ni: hetiang hmun atang hian a rang thei ang bera kan chhuah a ngai a ni. Tun dinhmunah pawh hian kan himna tur kan la hlau lo. Kan hlauh awm chhun chu hetah hian kan tang nghal mai ang, khawthlang lam kawngpui pawh hi lo dang pawh ni se. Khawchhak lamah chuan a la reh zawk a, kawngpui pawh a inhawng hle. Eng chen nge rei zawk? Engtik lai khan nge tlanbo hun dik tak chu? Costa Rica-a San Jose atanga Ecuador pan tur chuan kar khat chhungin flight booked kan nei a, chu chu kan tlai thei lo tak zet a ni. Vawikhatmah kalna tur a awm lo a nih chuan eng nge thleng ang? Eng chen nge a daih ang?
Tour agency hrang hrang kan zawt a, an vai hian min fuih vek a: i la theih chhungin kal rawh. Hetah hian eng nge thleng dawn tih tumahin an hre lo. Tourist guide tan chuan a customer te chu an ram chhuahsan tura thurawn pek hi engtiang chiahin nge a harsat ang? He buainaah hian palai hna thawk duhtu kohhran atanga ultimatum an dawn avangin sorkar leh mipui aiawh te inbiakna chu Thawhlehni hian neih tura ruahman a ni. Tunah chuan heng inbiaknate hi Inrinni-ah sawn a ni tawh tih kan hre ta a, ultimatum pawh vawn a ni lo tih kan hre ta a ni. Chutiang chuan buaina tawp hmaa beiseina chu a thim ta a ni.
Thinlung rit takin tour office pakhatah private transport kan book a, chu chuan a tuk zing dar 07:00-ah hotel-ah min rawn hruai ang a, Costa Rica ramri thlengin min hruai ang. Tunah chuan hetiang hmun atang hian a rang thei ang bera chhuah kan duh a, chutiang chuan kar la awm atang hian thil engemaw tal kan siam thei ang a, Nicaragua-ah ni lo se chuan Costa Rica-ah pawh ni se.

Chawhnu lamah Parque Central kaltlangin hostel lam kan pan leh chuan diltu tam tak an awm tih kan hmu a, mi rethei tak tak leh mize rinhlelh awm tak tak an awm niin a lang. Khawi hmunah pawh pawl tenau takin an thu a, an vai hian backpack lian leh hrui hring an keng vek a. Hetah hian eng thil nge thleng?
Hostel-ah chuan a neitu chhungte kan bia leh a, nizan khan khawpui chhung kawngpui thenkhatah rukrukna nasa tak a awm tih min hrilh a. Chu chu mi zawng zawngin an kawngkhar leh kawngkhar an barricade chhan pawh a ni. Thil dang dang bakah kawngpui lian lian tak chu a nghawng a, chu chu Parque Central lam pan nghal a ni. Chuvangin a hma zan khan police pawl kan hmuhna hmun dik takah chuan! A chiang hle a ni, tiin chhungte chuan an sawi a, hmun tinah hrilh leh nemngheh a ni a, police-te chu an awm a, kawngpuiah dawr leh sumdawnna hmunte rukbo a nih chuan kawng dang an hawi mai a ni.
Park chhunga mi rinhlelh awm tak takte minute engemaw zat kalta a kan thlalak thenkhat kan entir a. An mangang nghal a, chutah chuan Ladrones (rukru) te an ni ngei ang, chu chu thil pangngai a ni lo tih an sawi. Zanin hian ruah sur an beisei thu an sawi bawk. Ruah a sur a nih chuan rukrute hian an rawn bei lo mai thei. Tin, dik tak chuan hun rei vak lo hnuah bucket ang maiin a rawn luang thla ta a ni. Zankhuain ruah a sur a, chumi zan chuan a ngawi reng a.

Pawn lam mi angin he buaina atanga chhuah hi a harsa tak zet a ni. A tirah chuan right-wing leh left-wing party inkara buaina niin kan ngai a. Mahse chutiang chu a ni lo. President duh leh duh loh buaina a ni a, indo pawlte hi Sandinista zawng zawng an ni a, i.e. 1978 revolution tichhuaktu left-wing movement thlawptu an ni. Tunah chuan zawhna chu dinglam leh veilam a ni tawh lo va, Daniel Ortega tan emaw, a dodal emaw chauh niin a lang. Kan sawi tawh ang khan Daniel Ortega ngei pawh hi revolutionary anga a beih thin kha a lo ni ta a ni: thuneihna sang tak nei, ram chhunga a thuneihna chu eng ang pawhin vawng reng duhtu a lo ni ta a ni.
Mahse, vawi khat i hang tawh chuan thil a awlsam tawh lo. Tuna hna chu a inrawlhtu hrang hrangte hriatchhuah a ni. President dodaltu Sandinistas te pawh an awm a, nawrh huaihawt tak tak te pawh an awm bawk. Tichuan President hnung lama ding Sandinistas te pawh an awm a, kan hostel boss chuan Danielistas tiin a ko thin. Darkar hlui atanga revolution dodaltu right-wing leh leftover thenkhat an la awm mai thei a, eng role nge an play tih pawh an hre lo. Mipui zinga a tam zawk chuan dinhmun an la lo tak tak lo mai thei, mahse pawnah an awm a, an thil neihte humhim an tum thin. Tichuan, paramilitary group thenkhat, sorkarin a rukin a tih tur tam zawk emaw, kawngpuiah terror theh tura a tih te pawh an awm bawk. Rethei rethei tlemte pawh an awm a, chu hun chu hmang tangkai mai mai a, rukruk hmanga mahni tan thil neih tum an awm bawk. Tichuan police te pawh an awm a, eng lam nge an nih tih chiang takin tumahin an hre lo niin a lang. Special unit pawh an awm a, an hna chu helna, nawrh huaihawt leh a dangte “mediate” a ni. Kohhran pawh a awm a, chu chu palai (mediator) anga che leh pawl hrang hrangte inkara inremna siam duhtu a ni. Tin, a tawpah chuan sipai, tun thlenga inrawlh lo. Tin, khawngaihin, khawngaihin, heng chi hrang hrang zawng zawng hi mi pakhatin a thliar hrang theih ang? Chu pawh chu tumahin an hrilhfiah thei lo che. Hetah hian vawk tumahin an hmu lo.
Hetiang dinhmun hi a nuam lo hle nachungin, dik takin i sawi tur a ni, heng thil thlengte hi hnai tak atanga tawn theih hi a ngaihnawm hle tih hi rintlak tak a ni. Hmun him atanga thlir chuan, a dik e.
Keimahni lam chuan he thil zawng zawng atang hian zirlai pawimawh tak ka zir chhuak a, chu chu pawn lam mi tan chuan ngaihdan siam a, rorel a harsatzia, thil theih loh pawh ni se, a harsatzia hi a ni. A bik takin khawthlang ramte chuan khawi hmunah pawh an inrawlh a, anmahni nghawng nei lo leh engmah ti lo, hla taka buaina chhuakah chuan party pakhat emaw, a dang emaw thlawp chu tih dan phung a ni. Eng dikna hmangin nge ka zawt a, eng atanga lo chhuak nge?
He ramah hian ka awm a, a bung thim tak pakhatah hian thuhretu ka ni a, he buainaah hian pawl hrang hrang inrawlh ka hmu a, an thil tum leh a kaihhnawih chanchin thlirlet chu sawi loh, chiang taka thliar hran leh tihkhawtlai theihna chance tlemte pawh ka nei lo leh hmasawnna te leh rorelna tur te. Hetah hian eng party nge dik tak? Revolutionary lar tak thlawptute hi revolution atanga hlawkna an hmuhte chu an vawng tlat a, eng ang man pawh nise economic boom hi a hma ang bawkin chhunzawm zel an duh em?..?..?..?..?..?..?..?..?..?..?..?..?..?..?..?..?..?..?..?..?..?..?..?..?..?..?..?..?..?..?..?..?..?..?..?..?..?..?..?..?..?..?..?..?..?..?..?..?..?..?..?..? A nih loh leh pension nei lote hi an ni em? A nih loh leh ram chhunga inthlak danglamna leh thil thar siam duh, eirukna, tihduhdahna leh censorship tihtawp an phut zirlai te? A nih loh leh revolutionary ngei pawh hi a president nihna vawng reng turin theihtawp chhuaha beitu a ni em, a tul chuan tharum thawhna hmangin? Chu chu rorel tur chuan tu nge ka nih.

Nicaragua chhuahsan chu kan tan a harsa hle a, a tuk lama min rawn hruai chuan kan lungngai hle. Ka tan chuan a tlem berah chuan he ram hi Central American wish list-ah a sang hle a, kan hmuh duh zawng zawng hmuh theihna hun kan neih loh avangin ka pawi ka ti tak zet a ni.
Tuna engmah nei lova awm tawhte hi ka khawngaih lehzual. Ka Spanish zirtirtu, language school neitu thusawi kha ka hre reng a. Civil war hnuah chuan a zawng zawng siam chhuah theih nan hun rei tak a ngai tih a sawi bawk. Nicaragua ram hi ram ralmuang tak a ni tih khawvel hriat tir turin. Ram chhunga khualzinte hruai luh theihna turin, ram tana hausakna siam turin tourist infrastructure siam turin. Nicaragua ramah chuan thil a lo thang chak hle a, hun a lo tha zawk tawh a, Guatemala emaw Mexico emaw an phak thuai theih beiseina a awm bawk. Tin, tunah chuan i tan thar leh vek a ngai ta.

Nicaragua leh a mipuite chu hun lo awm tur atan vanneihna leh chhelna ka hlan a ni. Ka thinlung zawng zawngin an inkarah chinfelna an hmuh theih ka beisei a, he buaina hian thil tha a thlen ang a, hun tha zawk a lo thleng thuai ang. He ramah hian hun rei lote mahse intensive tak kan tawng a, hetah hian lo kir leh hi kan duh ngei ang!