Town in Nicarauga has 85% unemployment, but everyone is rich! How? Read on...

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At first glance, Bluefields in Nicaragua looks like any other rum-soaked, Rastafarian-packed, hammock-infested Caribbean paradise. But Bluefields has a secret.


People here don't have to work. Every week, sometimes every day, 35kg sacks of cocaine drift in from the sea. The economy of this entire town of 50,000 tranquil souls is addicted to cocaine.

http://www.nzherald.co.nz/topic/stor...0491443&pnum=0

This is too bizarre.

[J pold]

Holy I know very little about Nicaragua but just last week I was randomly chosen to represent it at a model United Nation in Edmonton for my political science class

I have to start researching today….good place to start I guess

[troutman]

Maybe you'll return to Managua
You could go unnoticed in such a place
- Frank Zappa, Yo' Mama

[CaptainCrunch]

CaptainCrunch's super fantastic hooker importing emporium proundly annouces that they are opening a new office in Bluefields, Nicaragua

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Originally Posted by CaptainCrunch

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[Ozy_Flame]

That is a hell of an economy; I like the fact that such a prosperous town isn't drawing the government's attention. Looks like they have the perfect situation - plenty of money, no jobs, and all the blow you can snort.

Well, minus the blow thing.

[Sylvanfan]

Hujo Sugo, a historian of Bluefields, says the floating coke has created a new local hobby

Best name ever!

[Ford Prefect]

That squares with a story I was told by a cab driver in Playa del Carmen. He pointed out the house of the richest guy in Playa del Carmen and when we asked how he amassed his fortune he replied "By picking up the bales of white stuff that float up on the beach".

[Delthefunky]

I know where my next vacation's gonna be =), i'm rich beeatch!!

[driveway]

I never went to bluefields while I was down there, but I do remember the cocaine being cheaper than eating.

[MaDMaN_26]

What a story ... What a life...

[Ozy_Flame]

Actually when I was in Playa del Carmen as well, the beach tour guide said a number of people scour the beaches looking for dumped cocaine, and many have made alot of dollars just finding it. The local drug kingpin doesn't like it though, so often times he cuts out power to the locals as punishment. Funny stuff!

[Tron_fdc]

I've never been to Nicaragua, but I've heard all about it.

Think buying coke from a farmer who uses a machete to chop off a chunk, and dumps it in your hands for $10. I've also heard of people trading tshirts and hats for ounces of blow from farmers who found packages floating in lake Nicaragua.

I've also seen people come back from central america after a 6 month holiday with no tan, and about 30 lbs lighter. I'd suggest that anyone with any kind of cocaine predisposition to stay faaaaaar away from that place.

[flamey_mcflame]

$5 a gram for PURE coke!! You'd be surprised how much university students in this city would pay for the cut up garbage sold off as "the good " ten years ago. Crazy kids.