Hello everyone,
I know it has been a while, we are just so busy, it is hard to make time to wirte on the blog. So let me catch everyone up on our latest travels. After leaving Xela, we spent a few days in the amazing city of Antigua. Im pretty sure everyone found something to love about the city, whether it be the subway(the sub shop), the local markets, or the great little breakfast places. While in Antigua we made up for our three day hike that had to be canceled by climbing up a volcano! It was really amazing. The hike itself was pretty hard but once we made it to the volcano we saw a lava flow which was really cool. After spending some time melting at the top we all headed back down, but this wasnt just a hike down we got to slide down the side due to the build up of the volcanic ash. We had two amazing days in Antigua, but the time had come to pack up and go to Guatemala City where our trip in Guatemala ended. We were all a little sad leaving the safety of Guatemala but the time had come.
We finally made it to Leon, Nicaragua after a long day of waiting in Managua trying to find a ride. In Leon we stayed at this very cute little hostel the “tortuga booluda” (the lazy turtle). We all had a great time staying together and we also all got to cook our own food, the Chef came out in everyone. While in Leon we got to see some of the beautiful churches, which the city is known for. Some of the girls also went out dancing at night and had a blast. We spent a very relaxing few days there. After regaining out strength in Leon, we moved on to Granada. But before making it to the city we made a little pit stop to go zip lining. It was a blast, it was run by a small company so they had plenty of time for us. We got to go upside down and super man style through the canopy’s of the jungle. It was a great group bonding trip. After getting our tarzan on, we drove on to Granada. Right after getting there we all got asigned our new homestay families. Most of us are with another person, which is always fun. We also all started language school agian today at One on One Language School. The school is well organized, but hard as always.
I hope I have been able to catch you up, it is always alot haha but we are all still having an amazing time. And Happy Halloween!!
Sophie
