Friday after our economic crisis meeting with FSD adn all the new interns that just came, Jolie, Wade, Emily, Angie and I hopped into a cab adn went to the Roberto Mumbue bus stop in Managua from where we took a big old bus to Rivas. From Rivas we took a 45 minute cab to San Juan Del Sur. Finally after huge Managua rush hour traffic and a couple hour bus ride we arrived to this small little beach town in the very south of Nicaragua almost near the Costa Rican border.
We stayed at a hostel called Casa Feliz, a small house dorm style place with a kitchen and all the hang out essentials. This great Nicaraguan surfer named Codo runs the place and is the quintessential beach bum. After explaining our hunger to him he showed us apparently he best pizza place in town run by an Italian man and oh was it amazing. The after pizza we got tot know the travelers staying at the hostel and decided to go out to a popular bar and then that turned into going to a disco and dancing with some great Nicaraguan dancers and meeting some really fun people. So we were very tired the next day, Saturday, but still made the morning surfing trip to a beach called Madeiras. We left around 8 and came back around one and we so tired at that point, but swimming in the cool pacific ocean was awesome. It actually drizzled a little but it kept us cool. After our beach adventure with the people at the hostel (they all surfed and are beach bums) we ate on the water back in San Juan. The town here is very cute, the guys we went out with from the night before, our friends, see us probably five times a day just walking around...that is how small it is. Eating then resting, then a little card games and them more eating. We went again to the pizzeria with our German friend, Sandra, to show her how good the pizza was. There are a lot of other Americans and Europeans here.
Sunday (today) we went to a different beach called yankee with the same people from the hostel and while they surfed we swam and enjoyed the sun. Emily and Sandra took surfing lessons from Codo and it was quite entertaining! Luckily Emily and I both have Monday off since we both work at schools and there are no classes. So we will be here until Monday. After the beach we just made it back in time to watch the last half of the Europe cup. It is huge here, since everyone and their mother plays soccer. Spain played Germany and WON!!! I was very happy....
Anyways, it is nice to be in somewhat of a touristy town where everyone is used to white people, unlike Cuidad Sandino really. As well as, it is nice to meet new people and be by the beach with a cooler climate.
I will post pictures when I have more time...all my best for now!
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