Tuesday was a busy day... I woke up, made it the main drag near my place, hailed a taxi, bartered myself a ride to Seminole Plaza Hotel where Fred Wall is staying. Fred is the president of the Mi Crédito board (where I will be working for the next three months). Wendy Koch, another MEDA employee joined us, and we met up with Nelson, our MEDA driver. We then spent the next two hours driving down to San Juan del Sur, a beach town near the Costa Rican border. Once there, and after filling our tummies with lunch, we went to the docks to take a boat given Fred wanted to see a property he bought last year near the ocean and south of San Juan del Sur. This gave us the opportunity to enjoy a great boat ride in the hot sun. We got to see dolphins swim with us and jump over three metres in the air! There were even giant sea turtles swimming around. Thousands lay their eggs on the Nicaraguan beaches every year. They are very beautiful. Once Fred had taken numerous photos of his property from the sea, we took a well deserved break from our busy day and docked in a private beach with no one but ourselves, swam for an hour and then enjoyed the hot sand and sun for another before returning to town by boat. Although it was a long day (we had to drive another two and a half hours to make it back to Managua), it was a great day and made me realize that Nicaragua is more than the dirty, bustling city of Managua. It has plenty of secrets and treasures to share with the adventurous traveller.
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