Hotel Casa Catarina Masaya

I am deviating from my usual blog to let you know of an incident that happened to Al and I just outside of Masaya, Nicaragua today. This is to warn and inform others if this happens to you.

We were on our way to the Masaya Volcano National Park, a short distance outside of Masaya. The bus conductor forgot to ask the driver to stop so we got off a little way along after the park entrance on the opposite side of the highway heading in the Managua ...

Its a good thing I am still currently in the honeymoon phase of culture shock because **** here is pretty different. To start, this morning I walked in after my run to find Juan (one of the people who works here) snapping the neck of a chicken... needless to say I was extremely thankful that they served fish at lunchtime. Jackie and I ventured into Masaya to climb another ...

... have to use English a lot in my work
as part of necessity, I still have to use Spanish in order to give a
context for the language. My cowokers are really great. I still have to
develop lesson plans and use a 200 dollar mini-fund, which are time
consuming, but other than that most of my time is just spend in
classroom. I have most mornings free, which I use to study, and every
night ...

... express bus, and there wouldn't be another one until about 10 hours later) sooooo off I went to this city that I did not know at all.. alone. aha. another entry for the list of things my parents will

never know about. I have to admit.. a fear trickled down my spine as the ayudante (the guy who collects money) asked me, "are you sure?" - I'm 6 days into my first experience in Central America, and I'm traveling solo ...

... we got
back and the girls left. It felt kind of like a movie to be talking
with another american in a crowded square in a foreign country,
especially snice we we talked a lot of about politics and U.S. military
operations since he was part of the invasion force and had a second
tour in Iraq. The rest of the day I didnīt do much, since I was trying
to practice Spanish and learn as much as I can from my Spanish for Idiots while
I ...

... br>to try to not abuse it because it can alienate the other people in the
house who canīt speak English as well as present a barrier to me
learning more words. Heīs pretty cool though. I think itīs just nice to
have some one there that is culturally very similar (Americanized).



There are four other people in the city besides me that are working
with FSD, but they are all working in different organizations ...

... nicer place. :)We walked around a little this morning and then chilled the rest of the day. It was awesome, soaked up the sun, took a nap just laying around. I don't know what i am going to do when i get back... i love the chill life and its only been one day!!!! woohoo. :D alright well im out... PEACE & LOVE

... Hour Drinks dort (kennt ihr schon Barack borracho? :)) auch eine nette Bar. Ein perverser Nervling der Vera bedraengte sorgte jedoch dafuer, dass wir schneller wieder zurueck waren, als geplant. Wer hat denn diesen Maennern hier was hins Hirn gepflanzt?? In Begleitung unseren guten Scotts haben wir und dennoch am naechsten Tag wieder in die Strassen getraut, probierten das traditionelle Yucca-Bananenblatt-Zeugs ...

... alone money for a uniform. When I started writing this blog, I saw that I could ask for donations to support my travels. Seemed a little arrogant to ask others to do that but in this meeting with the cooperative I realized that it could be an excellent way to reach a large number of people and to ask them to donate to the Panatal Community Fund. I have set this up so that you can click on "Support My Travels ...

I did teacher training at a local English school here in Managua. They want me to come on a regular basis . It was lots of fun. When do you use do and make? ( I'll make dinner if you do the dishes) I really enjoy teaching. I went to hear the Nicaraguan "Bob Dylan" John Lennon" "Don Ho" and "Riggy Lavelle" . His name is Carlos Mejia Godoy. A singer songwriter, He wrote the revolution ...