More about directions

Sometimes when there’s a major geographical landmark next to a city or town, people there use that landmark as a guiding point. For example, Lake Nicaragua borders my town to the east, so when giving directions here, instead of saying 2 blocks east, people will often say 2 blocks towards the lake. Also, people will sometimes use up and down to indicate east and west, respectively. So when giving directions in Managua, where Lake Managua borders the city to the north, south is never replaced, but north may become towards the lake, east may become down, and west may become up. Thus 2 blocks west, 3 blocks north, and 1 block east may be said as 2 blocks down, 3 blocks towards the lake, and 1 block up.