The civic government in San Juan del Sur appear to have found some funds, with the assistance of a local distillery, to begin placing various signs around the town. Visitors are now welcomed as they arrive and informed of the local population size. Street signs have begun to sprout on every corner.
This is all quite salutary, although not particularly useful. Buildings are not numbered in Nicaragua and street names are never used to identify addresses. Even in the city of Leon, where they have always had street signs, all locations are identified by references; ie. half a block south of the Banc Centro office and one block west of the Hotel Estrella.
Although begun with good intentions, these things are inevitably taken too far. The sign pictured below just appeared today.
