Hablamos Español
Mar 10, 2001   Nicaragua
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Private Spanish lessons 4 hours a day.
Private Spanish lessons 4 hours a day.
3 weeks in San Juan del Sur, Nicaragua taking private Spanish lessons and living with a local family.
Old posts from my very first travel website and my first backpacking trip (a year in 2000-2001)!
San Juan del Sur
San Juan del Sur
Our first hotel before we secured our Spanish lessons and homestay. It was a huge room overlooking the water. Hay agua? Hay luz?
Our first hotel before we secured our Spanish lessons and homestay. It was a huge room overlooking the water. Hay agua? Hay luz?
Just finished with our 3 weeks of Spanish language classes in San Juan del Sur on the southern Pacific coast of Nicaragua. I wouldn’t say we’re literate or anything, but we can get by. We stayed with a really wonderful family in the little town and had a few outings on our weekends off. It was really strange to be stuck to responsibilities during the week! But we managed to find some good studying spots - like Ricardo’s bar on the beach.

I think we each gained at least 10 pounds with all the fattening food our homestay mom gave us! Our nicknames became gordo and gordita.
We spent a lot of time on this patio with our new family.
We spent a lot of time on this patio with our new family.
This was our room - pretty great!
This was our room - pretty great!
We studied our Spanish lessons one day at a beach bar.
We studied our Spanish lessons one day at a beach bar.
We spent some time in Granada which was a nice colonial town but tons of insects on the lake, and I had a fun shopping outing in Masaya with Leana (our adopted mom).
We took a day trip to Managua. Iglesia la Merced built in 1670.
We took a day trip to Managua. Iglesia la Merced built in 1670.
The main cathedral on Parque Colón (re)built in 1905
The main cathedral on Parque Colón (re)built in 1905
On the way home, the bridge was out so all the vehicles had to go around the bridge (to teh left) and through the river!
On the way home, the bridge was out so all the vehicles had to go around the bridge (to teh left) and through the river!
it was hilarious. And that was after they fixed the gas pedal cable with a shoelace.
it was hilarious. And that was after they fixed the gas pedal cable with a shoelace.
The island of Omotepe was wonderful, too. It is the worlds largest island in a freshwater lake, and after volcanic activity cut it off from the Pacific, sharks and swordfish adapted to freshwater and now live in the lake. We did a 7 hour hike to see a crater lake on top of the volcano and a few petroglyphs.
Hiked up to the peak of Omotepe to the lake on this island within a lake.
Hiked up to the peak of Omotepe to the lake on this island within a lake.
Finca Magdelena hostel on Ometepe
Finca Magdelena hostel on Ometepe
Lots of cool stuff around the island.
Lots of cool stuff around the island.
Ugh. Now we’re in Leon where there is cheaper internet, some food besides gallo pinto, and a real movie theater! Lots to catch up on while we’re here.

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