We tried to buy our way to happiness but then we ran out of money.

Renting a car for a week-long surf trip seemed like a great idea, and it would have been, had we not decided to keep the car for an entire month. Upon returning our surf-board-carrying-off-roader, affectionately named 'Terry'* we discovered that thanks to a myriad of hidden charges, the “actual” cost of the car was about 2x as much as we thought it would be. We argued with Oscar, and his tough-guy posse, at the U-Save rental return for close to an hour, ultimately losing every argument, and begrudgingly paying the full (undisclosed) amount.

Defeated and forlorn, we boarded the U-Save mini shuttle and silently made our way to the Managua Airport, where we discovered, in addition to being broke, we had missed our flight to Peru.

Although tempted to spend the next 24 hours filled with U-Save rage, we instead decided to relax, enjoy the Managuan suburbs and work on something more productive: the anti-Terry t-shirt. (just click on the shirts to see 'em up close.)

VIVA!

-Las Aguas

*Terry: the logical name for a Daihatsu Terios