Mansion Teodolinda Managua

... hadden we een droge overtocht!

Op big Corn Island hebben we, op advies van Andrea, direct koers gezet naar het Noorden om een klein huisje te huren bij Yellow Tail. Helaas zette het slechte weer door zodat we niet konden snorkelen en na twee dagen besloten we terug te vliegen naar Managua. De vorgenomen terugtocht over het water en het verblijf in Bluefield werd ons door Judie afgeraden.

Het was een hele gave ervaring....mocht je ooit nog eens in de buurt komen...

... each required about 10 people to carry them and each statue hand a band with it.
Everybody was dancing and cheering and waving what appeared to be white handkerchiefs above their head, every so often the band would stop playing and everything would go silent, then when they started again the crowd would just completely erupt.
Once the statues made it to the church it was time for the rodeo, which was everything you would expect out of a Central American rodeo (think ...

Well… this is the last blog entry I will be making. The much anticipated trip to Nicaragua has come to an end. I can't say that I am sad to leave… because I am so excited about returning to the States… but this adventure has been a once-in-a-lifetime experience. I did and saw things that I never even imagined I would. My eyes have forever been opened and my heart has forever been touched by all of the ...

Hey Dudes - We made it at 11 this morning. It was a 2.5 hr flight from houston. awesome huh . we had a tour guide and driver pick us up at the airport, we felt like freaking celebrities, we had our own car with driver and separate tour guide. we went to masaya national park and saw the very much active volcano. there wasnt really hiking, they literally let you drive to the freaking edge and look in, you couldnt see any lava or anything sometimes ...

... of us! :) The following days passed with hamok-chilling, visting our friends in Zopilote at night and just enjoying the peace of this island, which seems to be out of this world! Our last night was planned to be just party, party, party... and then taking the first bus at 4 to the fairy. In the end the party didnīt take place... I got a virus and we had no bed to stay at! Puh... while we were waiting for our Casado in the Soda I felt my stomach rumoring ...

... José, Costa Rica and went to my first and only soccer game Costa Rica against Honduras. Turns out we got really ****** seats but it just so happens that 4 or 5 soccer players from the Costa Rica vs. Italy team in 1990 say by us. My Tico friend got super excited, getting autographs and frantically searched for a camera to no avail. The game was really fun and I still canīt bring myself to watch an entire game on tv. Itīs just not the same.

... sides to calm down. The news cast was 100% news footage without commentary. The hand-held mortars were made from thick 3 inch pipe. One end was welded shut. The barrel was about 2 .5 feet long. There were handles welded to the midpoint at a 45 degree angle. The protesters would first load a packet of gunpowder wrapped in aluminum foil with a long fuse into the chamber. [ remember that New Years Eve has held recently, and there was lots of gunpowder around] The ...

... few really small beetle like creatures on the pillows. At first brushing them away before a slightly hyperventilating Nadia insisted on a closer inspection from her heroic boyfriend. (guess who is typing this entry) Vinny checked the pillows......quietly suggest Nadia should no longer sit on the bed and left the room destination front desk. The pillows were TEEMING with bed bugs. They swiftly moved us, in a manor which showed a lack ...

... on the same bus with both of our bags!! Not very funny at the time, but looking back it was highly amusing!! We arrived in Granada with no further problems and straight away liked what we saw! Its centre is a park and there are volcanos in the backgrounds, and the houses are all brightly coloured, and it was quite touristy! While we were here we went Kayaking round Las Isetas which are little islands formed from a volcano! We werent that good at the whole ...

... in Managua. We split up into small groups and went door to door visiting. I went with my daughter and a male teenager from there. Everyone was so friendly and open to the Gospel. It started to rain, so a man let us come sit with him and his family on their porch. We got to share the Gospel with him. There was a language barrier, but we managed to talk with him. He said that he had a ...