Pictures from Nicaragua
3rd January 2009
I’ll let the pictures tell the story with just a few short captions — hopefully either I or Kristine can update this with more details tomorrow!
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- the airplane flight from miami to managua
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- monkey high up in the tree where we were staying our first night
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- shuttle to get from our house to the dining area
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- analise, anna, and josiah show off their palm frond creatures made on the spot by a nicaraguan boy
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- we climbed the backside of this volcano today in the toyota pickup shown in front of us to reach the village of el ojochal
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- telica volcano again, but this time closer up with a good view of the crater
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- our troop before the start of the hike – 1.5 very steep miles each way!
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- josiah made it part of the way but eventually he needed a ride
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- near the top of the volcano we were climbing you could look southeast and literally see part of the “ring of fire”
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- here is the school at el ojochal – we had a picnic lunch here
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- we also climbed on top of “el tanque” which is the rainwater collection tank built by Nuevas Esperanzas and the people of el ojochal
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- analise got to ride a horse for a very short part of the ride back down when this caballero met us on his way up the mountain
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- this is the best picture I could get of this – a boy riding one horse and leading the other loaded down with water to carry back up to his home
January 3rd, 2009 at 8:24 am
Wonderful pictures! I looks like you all are having a fabulous trip!
January 3rd, 2009 at 10:13 am
Great pictures. Waiting for more.
January 5th, 2009 at 1:18 pm
Brian, thanks so much for the photos! You have no idea what they mean to two “girlsick” parents!
Becky