June 24, 2009
I am starting to get use to everything in ways but am still confused and get my bearings mixed up when I go into the city because there are no street signs. I am not sure if I will ever get use to the outhouse or shower though!
I machetted grass for a little bit yesterday to help out the solar women and I now have a water blister on my thumb and a new appreciation for lawnmowers.
This weekend we are planning on going to Granda, which is supposed to be really touristy so that will be fun. We are stoping in Managua to meet up with other Dayton students and then we are going to go out to eat at Papa John´s. I am really excited for it because most meals here contain rice, beans, or tortillas, and this will be a nice change of pace. Then we will go to Granda and it sounds like it is a really neat place.
This week I have been working on plaques for the Solar Center. The center has many visitors and many renewable energy sources, but there are no plaques to inform visitors on what things are. We are writing these in Spanish and in English to hopefully excite and encourage locals to learn about and use these different technologies and to be more inviting to travelers. We are also continuing to test the autoclave, but are not reaching the temperatures we need.
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