Nicaragua Hates Maps and Addresses 🇳🇮
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- Опубликовано: 30 май 2024
- If you spend time in #Nicaragua, you will quickly realize that addresses, maps and so forth basically don't exist. Even Google Maps, Apple Maps and Waze struggle to show correct routes, directions, roads, etc. It's very hit or miss. So much information is missing. Why do Nicaraguans use such bizarre mechanisms instead of traditional addresses? Why does no one learn how to read a map? Why does the culture eschew all of this locational information? Is GPS becoming a thing?
24 May 2024
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I loved the history lesson!
This is so true! Not to mention we never say East or West. We say “arriba” for East and “abajo” for west. This refers to the direction the sun rises and sets.
OMG, the arriba / abajo thing is crazy. And so many Nicaraguans are like "I don't know how to use that OR east/west either!" jajaja
When we hired a car I used my phone for navigation. It definitely had some quirky routes which I got the hang of. It would take me off the main road through a village to then put me back on the main road again! My wife had the job of copilot to scrutinize directions after the first detour! But we managed!
Great book on Nicaraguan history post Spanish rule is: "Nicaragua - A history of US intervention and Resistance" by Daniel Kovalik.
Really worth the read!
www.amazon.com/Nicaragua-History-US-Intervention-Resistance/dp/1949762602
Yeah, if you aren't reading the map, Google is going to get you.
There was that one time when the Nicaraguan Military used Google Maps and then "accidently" invaded Costa Rica. Recueda el Rio San Juan :)
That' what they get for not keeping Google updated. jaja
"Claim your country here."
There was a recent update to the RUclips app on Android devices that turned on the auto play next video feature if you had it turned off, so hopefully you'll get some extra views before people figure that out 😁.
jaja. nice. i guess
One of.my brother in laws address starts w/
El.Dancing * a popular dance club that existed before the big earthquake in the 70's , but no longer exists
You just have to know where it was 60 years ago !
My adress is legit 80 m south of a church lol but very rural area and no mail or delivery service comes their 😂😂
Has maps or Hazmat?
I worked an agricultural ToPo survey crew: I made maps!!
@@DanilooscarBlandonMartinez , here in Charlotte County, FL ‘89-‘90 I worked ToPo (EDM & a level) for the original Babcock Ranch. Less than 20 years later my elevation maps were used to create the 1st solar city of the US.
I remember reading some years back about the song "Where the Streets Have No Name" by U2, and hearing that it was about Nicaragua... or North Ireland (according to Bono himself)... or somewhere else perhaps. In any case, I think the Nicaraguans have dibs on making this an unofficial anthem. It certainly is accurate.
I learned that before the 1972 earthquake, the old Managua city had street names and numbers and people used them. Because the city was almost completely destroyed, and it's never really recovered, generations after just used simple directions ignoring the existing street names. If you dig up old photos or videos of streets in Managua from the 50s and 60s you will catch a few street signs with the street name on them, similar to what you see in the US. Before communism took over, Nicaragua had strong ties with many developed nations including the US. Those were their best days. Managua was rebuilt twice because of earthquakes, although not fully.
@@1Corinthians15.1-4 my grandma said that address back then were different. One example is the Crowne Plaza Hotel address; Octava Calle Sur Oeste #101, Managua, Nicaragua
@@Alexmndt That's one of the few buildings that survived the earthquake. If you look at the Chinese Restaurant right next to the Crowne Plaza, on the same street, you would think it's "Octava Calle Sur Oeste 103 or 201" or whatever but it's not. Google maps has the restaurant address as "Esquina Oeste del Hotel Crowne Plaza, Avenida Simón Bolivar."
Which isn't an address. It literally just says "west corner of the Hotel Crown Plaza and Simon Bolivar Avenue."
That's evident that the folks just made up their own adress system on top of what was already there.
I was actually looking into this because I'm preparing for a trip in July and I'm a little scared to drive in Nicaragua because of this reason.
A lot of us avoid driving. There are easy alternatives in many cases.
@@ScottAlanMillerVlog What alternatives do you suggest? Is it cheaper to take a taxi everywhere or rent a car?
@@DanilooscarBlandonMartinez Nicaragua in July is no different than Miami in July. My parents moved back so I'm going to visit them.
Relax bro
In philippines no houses have numbers
Hardest job in philippines is mail man 😂
Im in esteli now
Beautiful town i really like it here
Just too expensive
Especially for the small salary they earn
Please say more re "too expensive." (Or, re where I can find more on this.)
I.E. So, Esteli is more expensive than most of Nicaragua? If so, why do you think that is?
@@Eclectic8 same price as managua
All nicaragua way overpriced
And they make peanuts
The place is worse than philippines in terms of prices
Salaries about same
Carmel by the Sea is like this.Although I heard that is changing.
😮Scott. Before moving to Panama, i lived in Matagalpa since 2008. I had an extremly hard time finding maps of nicaragua. Even online. Luckily, tourism was a priority for the government back then. The tourism offices carried some basic maps.
@DanilooscarBlandonMartinez seems likely that it would be very hard to have that view. i doubt anywhere could do it. even the narrowest point of costa rica is pretty wide.
I'm Nicaraguan and I hate when people give directions like "Where the X cinema used to be.." and I'm like, bro that thing is not there anymore why do you still use it? And becomes harder when you go to other departamentos. Another thing we are used to say is "From X church, 100 meters al lago" jaja when we can use north or "Arriba referring to east or abajo to west" we are unique jajaja
Right? So often I get directions that even the old taxi drivers can't follow!
I wonder how you get things shipped to you from abroad , for example if you are an expat living in Nicaragua... I hope at least the postal system or courier such as DHL know how to reach your home.
No, I've got videos on why you never use or want to use mail (anywhere) and why nothing like DHL can work. You HAVE to use a Nicaraguan service. Has nothing to do with addresses. There are zero international companies with agreements with customs. And mail is never good.
ruclips.net/video/vabZ-_4CgyM/видео.html
ruclips.net/video/wnkdw2WsqVk/видео.html
I don’t know why! Maps is like my number 3 most used app on my phone.
Possibly silly question, but is there a postal service that delivers mail to the door? If my mum wanted to send me a Christmas card how would she do that?
Technically, yes. But really, no. Ask your mom to move to digital.
ruclips.net/video/vabZ-_4CgyM/видео.html
ruclips.net/video/wnkdw2WsqVk/видео.html
ruclips.net/video/JsQhsLm5B4g/видео.html
@@DanilooscarBlandonMartinez Awesome! That is great. Thank you for the info!
Hey Scott! Perfecto! In Puerto Rico it is the same! Hahahahah!!!
Because they are STILL occupied :(
My address, despiés de la segunda curva y antes de El Jibarito, the blue house on the hill! Hahahahahaha
Hey Mr. Scott! I’m thinking about moving from California to Nicaragua but I would like to know, what do you do for a living? Is there any type of remote job that I can do to earn US dollars working from Nicaragua ?
Well any job that you can do remote, you can do from Nicaragua. I'm a technology and business consultant. I've been remote for 25 years. Far better to be remote from Nicaragua than somewhere in the US with high taxes and high cost of living. Your income goes so much farther here for the same job.
@@ScottAlanMillerVlogHow's the tech industry in Nicaragua? For software engineers or web developers? I'm freelancing but I'm wondering if I can find remote work for that in Nicaragua.
@@Seekingtruth-mx3urHi. You might try Scott's video called: Rules for Working In & From Nicaragua.
Feel free to ignore me though. It's just that I can hear Scott's voice in my head wishing people would try some of his copious other videos before asking. I think his short answer would be that you just get the job and as remote work it doesn't matter what country you're doing it in as long as your not working for a Nicaraguan employer. But I could have that all wrong.
Scott? How'd I do?
if the work is remote then it's not in Nicaragua. that would be local work. and local work is not allowed. if doesn't matter what the market is like
right @eclectic8 remote means working for someone not in Nicaragua. once you have remote work everything else sorts itself out
16 digit grid coordinate will get you up close & personal
There are some new systems that need many fewer using larger character sets.
@@ScottAlanMillerVlog , sorry, been years since I hexadecimal code, lol