Recent posts from: Esteli2 – 6/13/2015


Final Reflection Day


Hello families and friends! I’m sorry I couldn’t have posted on the night of June 30 because there were some issues with the blog! But now I can talk about our second-to-last night in Nicaragua! We started the morning by waking up at 7 for a breakfast of...

Special Edition: Flight home info


Dear family and friends, Flight info for tomorrow night (July 1) Departing Managua on Taca Intertl. #TA0314 at 6:45 am landing in San Salvador at 7:40 am. Departing San Salvador on Avianca Airlines flight #AV0564 leaving at 3:00 pm and arriving at SFO at 8:15 pm....

Free Day😊


Hello friends and family! Only two more days until we are back in California! Today we got to sleep in until 8 which was much needed after 3 hard days of CAP. We headed over to Buffet Estelí at 9 and headed back to the hostel at 10. When we arrived back to the hostel...

Final day of CAP


Hello everyone! Today was a very eventful day in Estelí Nicaragua as we concluded our CAP for the Ecokids of Mujeres Ambientalistas. After breakfast at buffet Estelí we bussed over to Mujeres Ambientalistas to add the finishing touches to our project, painting the...

CAP Day 2


Hola family and friends. Today was CAP Day 2 and as you all learned we are creating a meeting area for the children of ECO Kids. After waking up at 6 am we headed to Buffet Estelí to eat breakfast. Then we made a quick stop to purchase more shovels for our project....

CAP Delivery 1


Hi everyone! A huge thanks to all of you who have been following our blog; hopefully it has been able to offer a taste of the incredible experience we’ve had here in Nicaragua. I was so excited and honored to be ELDD for such a special day: day 1 of our...

Day 13: Fun Day at Somoto Canyon


Dear family and friends, We had our second Fun Day today by taking a day trip to Somoto Canyon for a hike and swim adventure.  We woke up at 5:00-5:30, picked up our mixed fruit breakfast and lunches at Buffet Estelí and headed out to pick up our fireman volunteer on...