the dry season in Nicaragua part 1

So these are coming in sections because the power keeps going out, and when the power goes out, the internet goes out, and when the internet goes out my upload fails. So if I do less at a time, the power has to stay on for less time for me to get a successful upload. So bit by bit...

Anyway, lest you all think I'm living in paradise from all the beach pictures, here's what most of Nicaragua looks like during the dry season:

This is looking from the school back toward the rest of NPH.

Here we have irrigation, hence the green, and very close to it, the brown where there is no irrigation.