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Nicaragua next week


It's been a while since I've written anything on this blog, but I figure it might be a good way to keep people posted on what I'm doing while I'm traveling in Nicaragua. I'm leaving this Thursday night to spend a month in that Central American country; I plan to be at a language school for three weeks or so, then travel around the country a little bit.

Before leaving, I've been trying to avoid eating a lot of beans and rice, but have found it difficult given that I live in Fruitvale and work in Hayward. But, Mexican food is much different from Nica food... I'm sure I'll have much more to say about food and many other aspects of life in Nicaragua soon enough...

This trip has been a long time in the planning. I've thought about going to Latin America to study Spanish for a few years now, but didn't have the money to do it until more recently. I've been planning this particular excursion for almost a year, and am thrilled that my departure is now less than a week away. It's strange to think that one day I'll be at Park Elementary, and the next day I'll be trying to navigate a Managua bus station. I have no idea what it's going to be like, but that's OK. That's part of the beauty of traveling: not having everything planned out exactly, and not having too many expectations or assumptions about how it's going to be.
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