still here

Still here. Still hot and all that. Still gross bugs and a lot of trash and poop.

Went to the Pacific Ocean for the first time on Sunday, which was a lot of fun. The current seemed to really strong at the beach we went to, not to mention that the beach itself mostly consisted of plastic wrappers and tires. When we were leaving in the afternoon, a bunch of wild pigs and dogs wandered on to the beach.

Host famlies are host families, my family especially seems to have a knack for not wanting to do anything other than watch television. This has mostly stayed the same for the duration of this trip so far. In other news, I think I have developed a rather strong relationship with the family birds. Especially the green parakeet like ones, who know continue to chirp at me whenever they see me. They also try and bite me, but they do the same for more well known members of the family.

Having a guitar in my room is nice, although I wish I had a pick, and that it was a steel string guitar most of the time. Time to work on the fingerpicking techniques that I neglected in favor of things that were more intresting at the time. I have been relearning songs that I learned a long time ago but have since forgotten, mostly beacuse of boredom, and having nothing else to do (well, there are journal entries, but really, who works on those)

Hoping to hear more about service in the next coming days. We are going to Esteli, and Matagalpa this weekend, which are two cities north of here, towards the center of the country. Not sure what all we are doing there, we will find out tomorrow after spanish classes.

Also, I find it interesting that most of the resturants are closed during the lunch hour. This is especially frustrating when the group only has about an hour and a half to eat and walk across the city to get to the other location. On the plus side, any person who travels to Jinotepe needs to check out Terry´s Diner. It is one of the few places in the city where the service doesn´t absolutely suck. (On Saturday, it took me an hour and half to get a grilled piece of chicken and rice. Others ordered things that were never even received.)

Still very few cats in the city.

Have not figured out how to make a question mark symbol on the computer yet. This could take years to figure out.