Day 8 - Nicaragua

View of the city of Granada and volcano Mambacho

Today was the last day in Nicaragua and it sure was a memorable one. We did a canopy tour through a jungle in Granada, Nicaragua by zip lining! There was a total 6 or 7 lines that went up to 300 meters. You could zip down regular, as a crazy monkey (which was completely upside down and was AWESOME), or with an instructor as super chica. It was so much fun and the instructors got a ton of pictures of us all, but they are on the camera so I will post them once I return to the States.

Next we went on a tour of some of the 365 islands on Lake Nicaragua by boat. It's really amazing how many there are and how many people live on them as individuals. Some of the islands are inhabited by animals only, especially monkeys! We were able to feed a couple monkeys; one came onto our boat and her name was Lucy. 

Next we went to a chocolate factory/museum/hotel and got to see how they make Nicaraguan chocolate from te cacao plant, which is different from the cocoa plant. It was very bitter, but still good.

There was also a chocolate spa where you could be covered in chocolate for up to 60 minutes. Not sure if that's good or bad...

View of the city of Granada from the top of the hotel 

Next we went to the craft markets in Masaya where we could buy any souvineers you could possibly think of. It was absolutely huge and had so many things to pick from! The coolest part, is that everything (for the most part) is handmade by the people of Nicaragua.

We said our heartfelt goodbyes to our bus driver and team leaders and there was a lot of tears. These people have become a part of our little Adrian College family and and we will miss them dearly.  But the entire day was DIAKACHIMBA! Which basically means really cool or f****** awesome, but we're not supposed to tell anyone that.

Off to Costa Rica tomorrow morning at 3:45am!