Bring on April!

¡Hola!

Last weekend may have been my favorite.  Ben, Sean, Scott, Clay, Chris, Laura and I went to Nicaragua to a couple of different places.  First, we went to this beautiful beach town called San Juan Del Sur.  The first night was very interesting, filled with a drunk 11 year-old, an "artist" and some tomato-throwing gringos.  We spent Friday night and Saturday there and then made our way over to Ometepe Island.  It is the biggest lake island in the world, and it happens to be in the biggest lake in Central America.  We rented bikes for the day and went to a natural spring called "Ojo de agua" and some of us also went on an epic trek to a remote waterfall over 100 feet high in the middle of the island.  It would easily take 2 hours by bus to round the entire island.  I also learned how to drive a motorcycle for the first time while there!  After a couple of nights we made our way back to the rich coast.

April has arrived and that means a few things.  One, some of my really good friends have left me :(.  However, this gives me the opportunity to get to know some other friends.  Two, I have less than a month left in this amazing country.  I no longer have an elective class and I'm in my final Spanish class.  This month will give me plenty of time to reflect on my experience.  I need to make sure I soak everything up, and not think too much about home while I'm here.

This weekend I went to Orosí valley with a few people and it was pretty fun.  We went to a beautiful look-out point and also saw the oldest running church in Costa Rica, I think it was built in 1737.  I'm trying to be frugal these next couple weeks so I can go to Panama City for Holy week! 

Week 2 of my last class starts tomorrow... wow

Love you all and God bless