Picnic on the beach

We spent the day Friday at Laguna de Apayo, a freshwater lake in a collapsed volcano. after a week of working in La Mariposa's gardens and hiking dusty roads in Nicaragua's dry season,
San afternoon in water was about as refreshing as you might imagine, and for many of us a lunch with chicken was welcome after a week of vegetarian eating. (Delicious vegetarian cooking, but even so.) The trip to the lake was equally enjoyable, as we listened to Nicaraguan pop music all the way there and back that the drivers brought on some CDs, and it was surprising how easy it was to pick up the choruses of the songs and join in. Friday was designed to be a play day for us, after a week often very physical labor and intensive Spanish study, it was a pleasure to chill out for a day, wandering around the markets of Masaya and swimming while being filmed by our intrepid photojournalist Robert Rainey. Photos of the day are here.Wish that you were as well!
-Rob