The days here seem to all meld together into one giant sunscreen-sand coated day at the beach. We are really excited for the change of scenery that will take place on Tuesday morning. We will be jumping on a chicken bus (ancient school bus from the US) and heading towards Omotepe, a volcanic island in the middle of Lake Nicaragua. We hope to find a farm to work on for a week, hike one of the volcanoes, swim with (out) the freshwater sharks and eat lots of awesome Nicaraguan produce.
In the meanwhile, we are just taking it easy. As in all small towns, there is lots of gossip going on in San Juan Del Sur and we have found it entirely way TOO interesting to indulge. Apparently the old pizza maker is a stud with all the young girls, so and so is not really the father, all the bartenders at a certain bar have STDs and the owner of the resort in town has currently fled the country with an army of private investigators on his tail.
I am really glad that we decided to stay in one place for a month because we got to learn a lot more about the area than just the touristy things. We have lived the the daily rythm, the ladies in the market recognize us and the boy who works at Comedor Margaritas knows my favorite thing on the menu. Justin and I both feel like we coulde easily live here for a longer period of time in the future. It would be great to come back and work in the schools or help with the local recycling program. Who knows though, there are too many places to experience and so little time.
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