Volcanos!
Yesterday I hiked a volcano!!! Very exciting. It was a lovely day really...
First I went to my friend Carlos´s farm, its very close to the volcano. He showed me all these trees that I have never seen before. Mango trees, mamon trees, hocote trees, almendra trees etc. It was very exciting. It was also nice to get out of Masaya for a bit. Then we went to the volcano, it was awesome really. You can stand right next to it and see the smoke coming out. The smoke is sulfurous, which I discovered after inhaling a lot of it. There are three craters on the volcano, two are active and one isn´t. The last time they erupted were 1970 and 1971. We hiked up to the top of the inactive crater, and now it´s a forest...they say there are monkeys and all sorts of cool wildlife there, but we couldn´t go down. Seeing an active volcano up close was pretty exhilirating though. I have a picture but there are some technical difficulties, so I´ll post later.
I would like to offer you all some tips on staying cool in the heat. First, walk on the shady side of the street. Any shade is good shade. Second, walk around in the early morning or in the late afternoon. Midday walking is not a good choice. The real test if you can handle the heat is if you can walk around in jeans and a long sleeve shirt in swealtering heat. Thats what all the Nicaraguans do. Everytime I´m impressed, because in my tank top and skirt I just sweat all day long. Big news though, I actually was cold two nights ago. AMAZING. I went to this lookout over that lake that I went swimming at a few weeks ago. It is a pretty sweet view, the stars are amazing and you can see Granada across the lake. And there is a nice breeze, I had a long sleeve shirt on! It´s the little things in life really.
Today has been a bit slow, but thats good. I needed a break. Its been raining almost every morning here, and unfortunately I got stuck in the rain today, but it cooled me off a bit. Tomorrow is Father´s day here, so I think everyone gets the afternoon off. And Saturday I will be going to Selva Negra with the group for our midterm trip. Should be interesting...
I will try to post the tortilla recipe...I need Beatriz to teach me how to make tortillas, we haven´t gotten there yet. Next on the list is arroz con leche. It might be my favorite dish here....tight race with pico though.
First I went to my friend Carlos´s farm, its very close to the volcano. He showed me all these trees that I have never seen before. Mango trees, mamon trees, hocote trees, almendra trees etc. It was very exciting. It was also nice to get out of Masaya for a bit. Then we went to the volcano, it was awesome really. You can stand right next to it and see the smoke coming out. The smoke is sulfurous, which I discovered after inhaling a lot of it. There are three craters on the volcano, two are active and one isn´t. The last time they erupted were 1970 and 1971. We hiked up to the top of the inactive crater, and now it´s a forest...they say there are monkeys and all sorts of cool wildlife there, but we couldn´t go down. Seeing an active volcano up close was pretty exhilirating though. I have a picture but there are some technical difficulties, so I´ll post later.
I would like to offer you all some tips on staying cool in the heat. First, walk on the shady side of the street. Any shade is good shade. Second, walk around in the early morning or in the late afternoon. Midday walking is not a good choice. The real test if you can handle the heat is if you can walk around in jeans and a long sleeve shirt in swealtering heat. Thats what all the Nicaraguans do. Everytime I´m impressed, because in my tank top and skirt I just sweat all day long. Big news though, I actually was cold two nights ago. AMAZING. I went to this lookout over that lake that I went swimming at a few weeks ago. It is a pretty sweet view, the stars are amazing and you can see Granada across the lake. And there is a nice breeze, I had a long sleeve shirt on! It´s the little things in life really.
Today has been a bit slow, but thats good. I needed a break. Its been raining almost every morning here, and unfortunately I got stuck in the rain today, but it cooled me off a bit. Tomorrow is Father´s day here, so I think everyone gets the afternoon off. And Saturday I will be going to Selva Negra with the group for our midterm trip. Should be interesting...
I will try to post the tortilla recipe...I need Beatriz to teach me how to make tortillas, we haven´t gotten there yet. Next on the list is arroz con leche. It might be my favorite dish here....tight race with pico though.
posted by Jessie at 2:08 PM
1 Comments:
same in the bahamas with the cool summer clothes. one guy i worked with wore a ski cap and jeans all summer long.
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