Our big volunteer trip to the beach finally arrived this weekend, and it was truly worth the wait. It was probably one of the most relaxing weekends I've had in awhile, and certainly a favorite from all my time here in Nicaragua. It was so generous of my friend Rosario to share her family's amazing beach house with us for the weekend!
The trip started on Friday night after work with the core group of people that stayed at the beach the whole weekend. It was Rosario, me, Kelly, and then two volunteers who are living in Cusmapa right now, Monica and Pablo. They are both from Spain and are here working on a project for a joint national park between Honduras and Nicaragua.
After grocery shopping and a few other stops, we didn't get to the beach until after dark. Then Kelly made some delicious pasta with alfredo sauce, and we played Uno and talked well into the early morning.
I'm really glad we got there Friday night, even if it was late, because waking up on the beach Saturday morning was awesome. We had plenty of time to read in the hammocks, swim in the ocean and the pool and just relax in general before the big group of Saturday visitors came. They were some of Rosario's friends from growing up, as well as visitors from Miami who work with an NGO called the American Nicaragua Fund. They stayed until sunset, and then it was back to the five of us. We had ambitions of going out to the disco nearby, Camacho's, but everyone was tired from the full day in the sun (and I was, surprise surprise, sunburned). We ended up just calling it an early night.
Sunday was generally more of the same - reading, lounging, swimming in the ocean, etc. Rough life, huh? One major highlight from Sunday, though, was that we walked over to the fishing boats near the house and bough some fresh fish for lunch. Per usual, Kelly worked some wonders in the kitchen and it turned out to be a really delicious lunch. We also had some other visitors for the day. A couple people that work at NicaHope, which is the Fabretto extension project in the dump, stopped by for a few hours, so that was fun too.
All in all, there's not too much to report on from the weekend because so much of it was just lounging and relaxing. That's what made it so great though! Also, I have lots and lots of pictures to share, which should fill in the gaps. Here are the ones from the beach, as well as some older ones from Cusmapa last week, as well as the dance party we had with the neighborhood kids awhile back that I stole from Kelly. Enjoy!
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