The land of lakes and volcanoes? Sounds good to me! This is the description of Nicaragua on lonely planet:
"A land of poetry and revolution, lakes and volcanoes, war and peace.
To the new generation of travelers, Nicaragua represents booming beach breaks, volcano hiking, island paradises and laid-back colonial towns. It seems that the message - 'the civil war finished decades ago people!' - has finally gotten across to a world who had the country pegged as a trouble spot. Yet the iconic images of idealistic young people giving their lives for a dream of liberty endure, and Nicaragua remains a land where people, whatever their beliefs, tend to go beyond cheap chatter. A place of artists and poets, the country's people are an even greater asset than its natural splendor." http://www.lonelyplanet.com/worldguide/nicaragua
Staging: May 5-6 2008
Pre-service Training: May 7 - July 18 2008
So much to do before then!!
It's weird to think that by May 4 I will have graduated from college, given Hank to Rory and moved out of my apartment.
People are already making promises to come visit and I'm really excited to see who actually makes the trip.
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- The Traveling Gator
- I am a Small Business Development Volunteer living in Somotillo, Chinandega, Nicaragua.
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1 comments:
exciiiiiiiiiiiiiiiiiting! I had sorta pinned Nicaragua as one of those places I wouldn't really want to go, but I've been hearing more about it and it is starting to sound better and better to me! How exciting that you have your invite! I just sent in my legal packet (finger prints, skill work sheets, transcript, etc) in today, so now it's the waiting game to hear from my recruiter. Also, I have a question, how much spanish do you know since you are going there? I'm trying to get an idea of how much people tend to know since the majority who go to s.c. america know it. I had a year in hs, and 2 years in college. I dunno how that qualifies me or not.
Anyway, congrats! I'm excited for you!!!
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