It's gonna be a long one! It's been a week since I've arrived in Nicaragua and while I still have so much to learn, I know so much more about Managua than I did before!
Adios mosquitos
Let's start with my little gecko friend that I found in my house. I'm hoping he grows and learns to catch mosquitoes. My house is currently the number one spot for mosquito bites. Chikungunya is a disease that you can get from mosquitos, which the locals have told me can be really terrible. I hope my gecko does his job.
Tour de Managua
The following are some photos from a city tour of Managua that the school took us on. These are some more of the beautified spots in the city. Interesting and sad to hear about everything that has stunted development here. Major reasons seem to be government corruption and earthquakes. There was a huge earthquake in 1972 that destroyed a lot, including what used to be Managua's downtown.
First sighting of Sandino
Model reconstruction of Managua's main strip pre-earthquake at the Puerto Salvador Allende
More Sandino and huge metal tree. These metal trees are all over the city and light up at night.
Sandino
Excursión a Granada
On Saturday, the school arranged for the new teachers to go to Granada, a colonial city about an hour away from Managua. It was a fun and beautiful trip with great people. We got to take a boat around the isletas of Managua.
The boat tour around the isletas in Lake Nicaragua. We left from Puerto Asese. 500 córdobas (about 20USD for all of us) for an hour tour! Our boat captain was great and gave us a ton of information about the area.
People live on the islands
Some of the isletas have resorts
Cooling off later with some local beers
Overall, it was an action packed week and I am pleased with all of the new adventures that I've had! The people that I've met have all been great and I look forward to another week.
