Meandering Through Nicaragua
After a few arduous weeks of traveling, I just arrived in Leon, a friendly city in the heart of Nicaragua. Tomorrow we’re thinking about going to Cerro Negro, a volcano close by that you’re allowed to “volcano board” down. I am confident I’ll end up in stitches afterwards, but it sounds like too cool of an opportunity to pass up.
Since I posted last, we’ve traveled hundreds of miles on several different buses down from Guatemala, through Honduras, and to our current home of Leon. I spent a few days visiting the Students Helping Honduras headquarters in El Progreso, Honduras, to check up on my friend Shin, the founder, and to see my old pals from the village. We were greeted with a really warm welcome. We also got to see the progress on several new buildings in the community—a new children’s home which opens near Thanksgiving, and a volunteer hotel, allowing guests to stay in the village during their service trip. Very exciting progress in Progreso.
In a few days we’ll be heading to Costa Rica to meet my girlfriend, who is flying down to meet us up in San Jose for a little Thanksgiving vacation. We’ve heard it’s a bit more expensive than the rest of the country, but hey – I only spent $2.50 on my lunch today, so I think I deserve to treat myself.
And, as promised, here is a picture. I had to rock the William & Mary tee. This is from Semuc Champey, a subject in my previous post. Enjoy!
Peace. Hasta la proxima.
–christian
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Christian: Consider coming over to the Caribbean Coast of Nicaragua…Bluefields. La Finca Lomas Verdes al Rio Musalaina y Bluefields Bay is ready to open December 1st…We are a tree farm-forest site which I have owned for ten years, finally able to open for eco-tourism. Come see the tropical forest area here and meet up with folks from five different ethnic groups including the Rama Indians; the Garifuna; and Mosquito peoples. Rates are $50 day for a couple all inclusive including ponga trips to Bluefields, Hung Sung point,Rama Cay. Pearl Lagoon is super cool, too but would require chipping in for gas. 851 60 058 my cell. Carol
I hope you didn’t need any stitches! I don’t live in Wiliamsburg nor have I ever attended William and Mary. I will confess that I make comments in hopes that maybe someone in your area might link to the Walk The Walk organization that helps nonviolent ex-offenders in some way. I was looking for a post to do for the 4th of July. I have a fascination with Colonial Williamsburg and hope to go someday so did a google search on volunteer opportunities there. From there, I called someone with the organization and later did interviews. But if you are someone were to contact them, please don’t mention my name. It’s not like I get paid or anything. I don’t want them to know how obsessive I am. It’s such a worthy cause and I’m so far in the Midwest so maybe just maybe someone there might take some interest. But I don’t ask anyone to report back to me. I just do things with hope.
My sister did a post on pottery drive in my area to help a school for deaf children in Nicaragua also at the population we blog. Right now, I link to the Walk The Talk. But I’m going to try to change my link to that in a moment. People associated with my local University in Omaha, NE help fund the school for the deaf in Nicaragua.
I hope you will carry the good of your trip with you always in your heart and mind!
I made a comment earlier but maybe it didn’t post right. My name should now clink on an article about a school for deaf children in Nicaragua that you may find interesting. My sister did this post about a fundraiser by people who work at my local University.