Weekend Recap:
A quick day trip to a volcanic lagoon in Nicaragua called Laguna de Apoyo. It was only about a 30 minute drive away from Managua. These are pictures from Laguna Beach Club where we went for the day.
Laguna Beach Club at Laguna de Apoyo
Lounge Area - pretty small and private
Tropical plants
There were kayaks and stand up paddle boards available as part of the day pass.
The water was super warm & perfect to swim in.
View of the lagoon.
It was overcast most of the day, but still warm & super peaceful.
Parrot in a tree eating a mango.
Is it a pet? Is it wild?
Parrots on a cage eating a mango.
Highlights from the rest of my weekend:
-Iglesia en español. Dios está en todas partes pero I need to improve my Spanish.
-My taxi riding skills have really improved in a month. My fares are almost always about a dollar cheaper than they were a few weeks ago.
-Found Korean Grocery Store #2. I wanted to buy tofu & kimchi but they didn't have either so I just bought some more ramen and jjapaghetti. This one is walking distance from my house though, so that is nice.
Some totally new experiences:
Street Food
On the walk home from the Korean Grocery I finally tried my first street food (pictured below).
Vigorón
This is just a picture from the internet b/c I ate mine before taking a picture.
Yucca, chicharones, cabbage salad and spicy onions served in a big leaf. YUM!
Riding the City Buses
A friend showed me how to ride the bus. It was one of those experiences that would have made a really cool snapchat. But also one of those experiences where pulling out your phone to take a snapchat would have been really uncool for so many reasons. So, some visuals:
I think there were about 20 of us in something like this. The next bus looks crazy, but this was actually the really exciting one.
Then, we got into something like this. A lot of the buses in Nicaragua look like this. They're all painted in different colors with different sayings on the backs of them. Fun!
