And so another adventure begins...Nicaragua for 3 months with the hopes (misguided as they may be) of finding and ''studying'' some birds. If I'm lucky I may even get some sort of degree out of it but let's not get too far ahead of ourselves. It's what we like to call a ''good experience''.
Despite the ridiculous amount of stuff we had to bring with us, we made it through security and customs with few problems. Security only questioned us once about the strange electronics we were carrying. Nothing like radio receivers to throw them off their game. Miami was not horrible, but of course they save to good stuff for the trip back. Still, they could seriously work on the coffee availability in that airport. How's an addict to survive??
Surprisingly, our luggage showed up in Managua at the same time we did. What are the chances of that, really?4 checked bags, pretty good odds. And so it seemed we were off to a fairly good start...
We spent the first night in Managua after taking the minibus to the hotel across the street. Yes, that was silly.
Dang, that's a lot of stuff...
The hotel...yup, seemed like a picture worthy thing at the time.
Christmas in Nicaragua needed a hug?
A Christmas reindeer, complete with sweet googly eyes at the hotel
Lili and Georges Duriaux-Chavarria came to pick us up the next day to head up to El Jaguar. However, first there was the small matter of cramming all that luggage into the car. It was quite the puzzle.
Not quite....
Eventually, everything was shoved in or tied on top and we were on our way.
Bienvenidos a Nicaragua!
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