July 25, 2009
Last Sunday we went zip lining through a canopy tour on volcano Mombacho. It was amazing. I think I may have incurred some head trama when we were riding up the mountain because basically no one drives on the ´road´ and it is very rocky. The tour itself was just the right mix of an adrenaline rush and beautiful scenery. I rammed my leg into one of the platforms and have a little bit of a shiner on my leg now, but it doesn´t hurt.
We went to Managua Sunday afternoon and suprisingly enough it was pretty quiet. Sunday was Nicaragua´s 30th anniversary of the Revolution, a pretty big day in their history. There were a couple more policemen out with huge guns, but otherwise everything was the same.
Monday morning we rode back to Sabana Grande in the back of a truck. It was a 3 hour ride and I loved it. I don´t think there is a better way to see Nicaragua than on the back of a truck. I watched the sunrise over the mountains in a truck bed…priceless!
Tim and Jim, other UD students, are here for the week and we also had 5 high school boys, so the Solar Center was full with people this week. Next week we are having 20 teachers from California come down for about a week as part of their masters program.
Wednesday Erin and I set out to try to buy a Daq Pro, which logs temperature because the one we currently have is not working correctly. We had no luck, so we decided to go to Matagalpa to a ´Chocolate Castle´. Sounds pretty easy to find right? …How many chocolate castles can be in this city? We got a taxi and told the driver where we needed to go. He wasn´t overly sure but he assured us that we would find it. The driver asked ´So you want to buy chocolate there´ and we said yes. He dropped us off in front of a supermarket that sold Hersheys chocolate. I laughed for a good 10 minutes here. This taxi driver had to think we were crazy… Two gringo girls that want to buy chocolate from a mysterious chocolate castle. The next taxi with some help from the post office got us there. Their chocolate making process was short but it was interesting to see.
Saturday, today, we went on a hike in Sabana Grande. We went back into a woods and there were a bunch of rocks to climb and small waterfalls. It was really beautiful. Tonight we are staying in Ocatol for the night and going out to eat then going to a local club. Tomorrow we are planning on going to a local baseball game, a couple of the local guys at the Solar Center play.
It is crazy how time is flying by! I really think I am going to miss it here. It has been fun to play big sister and be able to play freeze tag and Jenga.
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