Day Five

(Written post trip)

Our fifth day was a day for relaxing with one another, thinking and talking about what we had experienced, the relationships we had formed not only with each other, but with the people of the community. We woke up to the sound of an awesome rainforest rain storm. We ate breakfast on open porch area complete with hammocks and banana leaf roof. Once we were done and the rain has subsided a little, we all loaded up in the van and took off for Masaya Nicaragua to hit the market. On the way we stopped at a volcano park where there is an active volcano, when we arrived we were told that we could go up and look for only five minutes because it could erupt at any time.
As tempting as it was, we declined and continued

on our way.

It was neat to walk through the market and see all the creative thing that people came up with to sell. We bought a few hammocks and nicknacks, we also purchased a few tops for the boys. nicaraguan tops are very popular with the children there, and the boys took right to learning how to wrap the rope and spin them like pros. There are a few tricks they want to learn with them, but that will require a little more practice.

After the market, we headed to lunch at Papa Johns Pizza of all places. The kids really appreciated the pizza and the break from the beans and rice that we had all come familiar with for our meal times. Following lunch we traveled a few more miles to a place called the Monkey Hut. It is up in the mountain range and is an extinct volcano. It's crater has been filled with fresh water and is an amazing place to swim, kayak and scuba dive. I didn't think about it soon enough or I would have tried to rent some scuba gear and see what the crater looked like under the surface. The water was crystal clear, it was almost like swimming like swimming in a pool, you could see everything around under water, except for the botom.
I expect it was quite deep.


We eventually traveled back to the Nehemiah Center where we were staying and began packing up for  our trip home the next day. It was a great day to just spend time with each other and let the kids unwind before a long day of travel.