Hi, this is Skarleth and I roleplayed the leader of the day today. Our group had an early start as we woke up at 5 am this morning. We departed from Managua and headed to Matagalpa. The ride was awesome ful of new scenery. We arrived to Casa Luna Flor by 8 am. This hostal is such a beautiful house and the staff is so friendly!
Also, we met our food providers at Casa Abya Yala, the food was delicious and the decorations are all about warrior women from different cultures. The ladies shared with us the mission of the place and the reason of the different types of art in there.
At Abya Yala waiting to be served dinner
We had orientation and then we went to El Calvario. Our driver, Carlos managed to take our huge bus into the reserve and we had a great time up on the hill. Awesome view of the city and it felt so good to be there. We took a lot of pictures. Oh, we also met some little children who were yelling “I Love you” to some our Glimpsers. It was so cute!
After that, Maria was so cool that she took the whole group to the supermarket so the group could buy snacks and things that they needed. Dinner was great, and our first nightly meeting was very nice. To close all the day activities we played some music and did some line dances with the whole group! It was so much fun! As the saying goes “Family that dances together, stays together,” it feels like we have been here for several days, but it is just the beginning.
In a nutshell, it couldn’t have been a better first day.
Thank you for posting these remarkable blogs and we shall cherish for my son, James Chen’s GG trip to Matagalpa started 6/08/2014! May God bless you all !
Have An Unforgettable Fun Trip In Nicaragua ! Great Job!
You guys are in for the trip of a lifetime. Enjoy yourselves and come back changed young people ready to take on the world. Jada, we miss you, including Luna. Take care of yourself. Have fun everyone.
Love you.
Your Family.
Thank you for the update! They are so lucky to have this experience at such a young age. Looking forward to more pictures and stories. Stay healthy and have fun, everyone!
So enjoy hearing about you day and seeing the photos. Stay well and have fun. We miss you McKenna, Love Mom
Thank you for posting these pictures.Thuong An is our daughter .We love you Thuong.Have fun everyone
Thank you for the update, it seems you all in good hands and having wonderful time. Have fun Mai, Mila miss you.
love
mom, dad, Chi, Thao, Danh and Mila
Go Baby Girl (Christine Carpio)! You all are lucky to have this opportunity. Take care always. Love, Mom, Dad, and Clarisse
Andrea we are so proud of you. Absorb and enjoy every second of this! Love you family back home.
3 days,8.5 hours and counting until you come home. Things are going well here. I have a couple of surprises for you when I see you at the airport. It’s amazing now telling people that you are a senior in high school. Be safe and will see you soon, hugs.