First day of work: Meet Gustavo, the community leader, and the other guys who are helping to build the preschool through our Friends Project ... we are building the first preschool in Las Minitas, brick by brick! www.thefriendsproject.org See the…
As we were huffing and puffing our way up to the top of Cerro Negro volcano, two scientists emerged from the crater. They were researching the lava, because of the earthquakes that were 6.2 on the Richter a few weeks ago. On top, we scratched awa…
Managua has a lagoon and you can zip line on it. Or over it. The footage is video, but this is Frankling, me, and Lydia, who was fresh in for a visit just 10 hours into her adventure here. I look somehow depressed but they look great so here it i…
Me, after volcano boarding on Cerro Negro, the world's most active cinder volcano and Nicargua's youngest. This time, I rode as if I was on a bull, one hand up and kept my balance. I did 41 KPH. I swear it felt faster! A guy after me rode…
Sobrevivimos!!! Volcano boarding was awesome. Hiking up the most active and largest cinder volcano was just as exhausting as the first time. Looking down 500 meters with a 41-degree slope? Made my heart pitter patter again. Last time I attempted no b…
By the end of the second day of hauling bricks from pile to preschool, soaking them in a barrel, pulling them out by nearly tipping myself into the deep plastic barrel, and then either handing them to the masons or laying them soaking wet around th…
This is day two of construction of the preschool up in Las Minitas. Sergio, our mason, laid the foundation ropes (if that's what they are called) and the guide ropes for the footprint. Guys from the community dug the trenches and foundation ho…
Kayaking in Laguna de Apoyo [https://maps.google.com/maps?client=safari&q=google+maps&oe=UTF-8&ie=UTF-8&ei=wJVVU5v1Nq7LsQTm-IKIDg&ved=0CAgQ_AUoAQ] , a defunct volcano crater. Love this place.…
Excited to stay again with Anunsciacion and her family, including little Alfoncina and Fernando, who you likely recognize from the photos from our photo exhibitions as the cutie in the blue cap. I have a new game for us to play, and for Alfoncina…
