Feliz Navidad
Merry Christmas everyone! Ohh I just found the exclamation point on this keyboard!!! Yay for me. Still on Ometepe http://www.nicatour.net/en/nicaragua/ometepe_galleria.cfm
After hearing that most of the coastal towns get booked up, due to both travelers and locals heading there, I decided to stay put. I had a great day yesterday, after calling home, which was awesome to talk to mi familia, I hung out with a cool couple from Canada. She is Polish, he Czech, we went to a lake side beach with a view of both volcanoes. We enjoyed some ron, Spanish for rum, and cokes while laying in the warm water. The sand was black, volcanic grit so I gave myself a nice body scrub.
We hitched back to our village in the back of three different pick ups. In between rides we were waiting in a village where we got to see the local children in a parade. It was really cool, the kids went door to door with poles decorated with streamers and balloons, almost like a may pole. They would sing and chant at each house and bang their poles. It was like the Spanish version of Christmas caroling.
Tonight there is a celebration at one of the churches, there are a few of us touristas going together. Should be cool to see.
The village I am in is way loud. There are stray street dogs outside the hotel gate that everynight bark and bark, then of course you have the roosters, not to mention the falling coconuts on the roof. Locals here love, love, LOVE firecrackers. Not fireworks mind you. That would at least be cool to look at. No, these just make noise....ALL night long they set them off. Plus sunrise is greated with booming music...gotta love that base. I can feel my fillings in my teeth rattle. After here, Im looking forward to some RnR.
The stray animals here are really an epidemic. These pitiful creatures are bare bones. Locals ignore them for the most part, or when necesary, give them a swift kick if they try to steal food. Bob Barker...come on down.
I think my i-Pod is crapping out on me, damn it! That sucks ass.
Thats it for now kids. Hope Santa was good to everyone. Love to you!
I'll be without internet access for a week..if not longer. I´ll drop a note when I return from the Corn Islands.
After hearing that most of the coastal towns get booked up, due to both travelers and locals heading there, I decided to stay put. I had a great day yesterday, after calling home, which was awesome to talk to mi familia, I hung out with a cool couple from Canada. She is Polish, he Czech, we went to a lake side beach with a view of both volcanoes. We enjoyed some ron, Spanish for rum, and cokes while laying in the warm water. The sand was black, volcanic grit so I gave myself a nice body scrub.
We hitched back to our village in the back of three different pick ups. In between rides we were waiting in a village where we got to see the local children in a parade. It was really cool, the kids went door to door with poles decorated with streamers and balloons, almost like a may pole. They would sing and chant at each house and bang their poles. It was like the Spanish version of Christmas caroling.
Tonight there is a celebration at one of the churches, there are a few of us touristas going together. Should be cool to see.
The village I am in is way loud. There are stray street dogs outside the hotel gate that everynight bark and bark, then of course you have the roosters, not to mention the falling coconuts on the roof. Locals here love, love, LOVE firecrackers. Not fireworks mind you. That would at least be cool to look at. No, these just make noise....ALL night long they set them off. Plus sunrise is greated with booming music...gotta love that base. I can feel my fillings in my teeth rattle. After here, Im looking forward to some RnR.
The stray animals here are really an epidemic. These pitiful creatures are bare bones. Locals ignore them for the most part, or when necesary, give them a swift kick if they try to steal food. Bob Barker...come on down.
I think my i-Pod is crapping out on me, damn it! That sucks ass.
Thats it for now kids. Hope Santa was good to everyone. Love to you!
I'll be without internet access for a week..if not longer. I´ll drop a note when I return from the Corn Islands.
posted by amy at 11:46 AM
2 Comments:
HEllo Amy,
It was very nice to hear that you are well and enjoying yourself. Old Saint Nick was very good to us all and dinner will be shortly. We all enjoyed a lovely meal at Donna's last evening and today we are just lounging and stuffing our faces with nary a care in the world. We will be heading to NY tomorrow for a quick 3 day excursion but then it will be back to the homestead for one last 3 day weekend respit. Take care and be safe.
JUan Carlos, JUJU and PUMBA
Pumba...hahaha, love it!
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