La Luz

There’s something I keep forgetting to tell you guys (my fans)… everyday in Nicaragua the electricity (la luz) of the entire country goes out. Every day. This week it has been scheduled from 7-10 pm every night, but the weeks past that I’ve been here it was usually unpredictable. It’s really frustrating for an American. Not that we have A/C here to begin with (we dont), but to be reading, eating dinner, or doing homework, and then to have the lights go out is tough to get used to. At home in Texas when the power goes out for half an hour I get pretty pissed, and it’s kind of funny to think about that now.

It has to do with the government, which I’ve been trying to learn about but my spanish isn’t really good enough to get into details with the locals. I know a little though so if you are interested ask me about it.

mas fotos de jennie

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Zipline down Mambacho Volcano

Today was one of the best days of this trip so far. I have been on a zipline before…but nothing like this. It took us about 45 minutes to drive up the mountain. We drove up a “road” that scared this one student so bad it made her cry. It felt like our wheels were squares, and the driver thought we were in the Indy 500 or something. Bumpy road, it was pretty crazy. But anyways, once we got to the top we talked with some of the children that lived in a little village up there… I will try to post some pictures up here once my friends put them on facebook and I can steal them.

People (friends Ive met, homestay family…)

I haven’t written much about the family that I’m staying with, but I really am enjoying this place. My family is probably one of the poorer home-stay families, but they’re great. This family has a good spirit. I’m starting to understand enough Spanish to be able to talk with them. The youngest girl is 21, and she is the most patient with me so we talk a lot. They are funny though… I haven’t finished a meal yet without being asked “do you like the food of my house?” And they keep giving me new Spanish words to describe how good their food is.

Jennies Pictures

There are a ton of pictures in this post. You just have to click Read More down below to see all of them. I tried to give an idea of what the pictures are but if you are curious you can just comment and ask or something.

family in the project that we went to…

Bienvenidos

Its saturday evening here in Nic. I have already found a couple Canadian friends that were on the same plane as I was from Houston to Managua, Nicaragua. We have all made friends with a local named Juan who translates for us. He lived in Miami for 8 years so he speaks fluent english. Huge help. No pics yet…. soon

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