So, since some of you (actually, all of you) have not heard my "Nicaraguan Journey", I decided to do a series of posts and pictures about my 10 day journey.
Here we go...
Day One
Day one was the day of travel. At eight, we picked up Paul and Liz Howey from their house, and began the long trek to the Memphis airport. On the way, we stopped at Fred Fraiser's house (Local honey dude) to buy some honey. I got to go see how they take the honey out of the hives, purify it, and put it in Jars for us to buy.
ANYWAY...
When we got to the airport, I was quite sad and scared to leave my family for ten days to go to a third world country. Understandable, Right? Yeah.
When we went through security, Paul was stopped because apparently, peanut butter to go with your saltines is NOT allowed in your take on luggage. What a shame.
The plane ride to Huston international airport was rather uneventful.
In Huston, we had a 5 hour layover, so I took a nap, got way overpriced Italian food, had deliciousness that is Jamba Juice, and walked back and forth on the moving sidewalks repetitively.
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Not necessarily in that order.
OOH! And I got my name called over the loudspeaker. That was fun. We had to walk all the way across the terminal (Yay moving sidewalks!) to go to the customer service place.
Turns out, I had left my passport in the bathroom. With all of my money in it.
And a janitor turned it in. THANK GOD.
I met her later... she's a really cool African (not african-american) lady with a beautiful accent. I think she was Rwandan or somewhere around there.
So after the passport fiasco, Paul held on to our passports.
We boarded the plane.
I was bored for three hours.
We touched down. I was in Nicaragua.
Party Time.
Just kidding. It was late, and I was a bit sleepy.
Apparently, you have to pay ten dollars to enter the country. I am still not sure why.
This is at the airport. The climate is like AR, but more humid.
From Left to Right:
Shelby Roberts
Lauren Zimba (I didn't know that was her last name...)
Denis Miranda
Caleb Hudson's back
Paul Howey
So this is some of us.
After this, Paul, Liz, and I were taken to the family we were staying with.
This is our room. My bed is the closest. All of the houses and buildings are open air with tin roofs. So, hot. We had a small fan that you can't see in the photo, and it worked wonders.
And then I went to bed.
This Ends Day One
So, tell me what you think!