Thursday, April 14, 2011

Adventures


I bet you all are getting excited for summer coming up.  Here, it always feels like summer because of the weather, even though I still go to school.  The next week we have as vacation for Holy Week and I am so excited to see my parents!  We’ve been talking over the phone and they’re bringing me some things that I have missed from back home.  It will be so nice to see them and hang out for a week.  We’re planning on going to the beach :)

A little more details on my past adventures: the zip-lining was awesome!  The guides zip-lined with us and held our feet so we could go upside and do tricks.  They were really fun and took pictures of us.  The volcano surfing is sort of like sledding down the side of a volcano.  The volcano that we hiked had black rock/dirt on the sides which kind of work like snow in a way to make it easy to sled or snowboard down the side.  It was a very cool experience!  The canyon hiking was an incredible experience as well and thankfully those spiders we saw stayed on the rocks—they were the size of my hand! Yikes!  I love swimming so that hiking trip was great.  We floated down the river most of the way and climbed over rocks to get through the canyon.  The baseball game was a neat experience—baseball is the most popular sport here in Nicaragua.  I thought it was soccer, but baseball is way more common.  

Here in Nicaragua, we didn’t have any damage from the earthquake and tsunami in Japan.  However, we had several warnings and were told not to travel during that time.  Some people were pretty worried as there was a small earthquake in Nicaragua after the one in Japan.  

Because it’s been so hot lately (high 90’s/low 100’s & the sun is more intense here), I haven’t been doing as many things as I used to.  Someone mentioned reading.  I love reading, but sitting in my house is so hot so I don’t do it as often.  It’s hard too because there’s always someone around to talk to and I don’t want to ignore someone and stay in my room.  Here, family and relationships are very important and usually people are not very independent or doing things by themselves.  Speaking of family, the pictures I posted before of the babies are new babies of family members here.  It’s so fun being around babies and little kids—makes like happier :)

To wrap things up…my favorite thing I’ve done here would have to be a more general answer and that is: travel.  I love experiencing new things and seeing new places, people, etc.  It has been so awesome getting to travel around Nicaragua with friends and see all the unique and interesting things that are here.  I feel so fortunate to have this opportunity.  Thanks for reading and responding.  Look forward to sharing my adventures with my parents with you later… adios for now!

40 comments:

  1. Wait you went volcano surfing??? WOW!!! Did you surf on lava or something? Sorry I’m just being silly. Sounds really fun, wish I could be there too. Oh and about that spider, how big was it? Was it scary? How high were you when you jumped in the water? Was that fun? And zip lining... wow! Hope more fun is on the way for you. Thanks for sharing with me. Sincerely, Jake

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  2. Hi Megan how’s it going? Are you having fun? I hope you are going to have fun with your parents. I bet you are so excited for them I would be too. If I was that far from my parents. Well there has been some nice weather here and some bad weather yesterday it hailed. I loved your pics!

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  3. Is it fun down there? I hope you have so much fun!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!! Was the spider really that big and did you really jump off that rock? Hope you have FUN.

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  4. I think that the spider was huge was it? I want to know was the jumping off that rock fun? You’re lucky because I want to be able to go zip lining.

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  5. That spider is scary how big was it in real life? It looks like it’s as big as a plate! The zip line that looks fun!! Looks like your having the time of your life! Looks like you have hade fun lately.

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  6. I'm so happy for summer to come also. Because I don't like the cold. I also am super happy because in the summer I like to swim. Pluse in summer I always hang out with my friends and it is really fun.

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  7. Spiders are awsome expesialy the giant ones.I really want to zip line ,I've nver zip lined in my life.T_T

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  8. Wouldn't it be hard to board down a volcano? It dosen't seem very easy. And what about that spider how big was it? I've never seen a bug that big before!

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  9. Hi. I really hope you don't get bit by one of those creepy spiders if you say they're as big as your hand, just think of the BITE!!!!!!!!
    I hope you like the new Gubser Gators t-shrt.

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  10. wow you must be haveing so much FUN!!! did you ever go to the beach? was that your firsttime seeing a spiter that big.

    from,

    Charisma

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  11. How have you been? It has been shuch a long time since we have talked on line. I saw one of your pics with a HUGE spidder! Just looking at that spidder gave me creeps! Were you the one who took that pic?? If it was you how could you stand that cloce to it? That looked really fun when you were jumping off the cliffed in to the water. Were you scarid? I done that once but it was last summer and it was a lot of fun. The baby in the pic was really cute. When was she born? What date? Did you like the Gubser shert that your parents sent down there to you? How long are your parents staying down there for? How is it with your parents down there do you like it? Do you like your parents there or not?

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  12. How is it over there? I like the spider it is so big. The zipline must have been fun. How do you like your tee shirt is it awesome or not tell me.

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  13. how do you ride in lava

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  14. Dear Megan, was volcano boarding fun. How big was the spider in real life? Were you scared of it? The zip line looked fun!! Were you scared of juming off the rock in the lake? It looks like your having a good time.

    From,
    Cyria

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  15. How did you feel about seing those frogs and spiders.(I didnt feel good about seing that picture of the spider but I like the picture of the frogs.)

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  16. How did you feel about seeing those frogs and spiders? (I didn’t feel good about seeing that picture of the spider but I like the picture of the frogs.)

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  17. How do you ride? Is it in the lava?

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  18. How have you been? It has been such a long time since we have talked on line. I saw one of your pictures with a HUGE spider! Just looking at that spider gave me creeps! Were you the one who took those pictures?? If it was you how could you stand that close to it? That looked really fun when you were jumping off the cliff in to the water. Were you scared? I’ve done that once but it was last summer and it was a lot of fun. The baby in the picture was really cute. When was she born? What date? Did you like the Gubser shirt that your parents sent down there to you? How long are your parents staying down there for? How is it with your parents down there? Do you like it? Do you like your parents there or not?

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  19. From the passage that I read I think you are having a blast. When i looked at the pictures I saw a new baby in the world it’s so cute. When you went swimming I saw on the picture that you had shoes on why was that? I also saw that you were volcano sledding how in the world do you do that? Is the coarse kind of rocky on a volcano? When you were up on the volcano was it really hot up there?

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  20. Wow you must be having so much FUN!!! Did you ever go to the beach? Was that your first time seeing a spider that big. from, Charisma

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  21. Hey Megan, I am so excited for summer. I am going to go camping and going to go on some rode trips. I bet you are having fun I saw all the stuff you were doing they look pretty fun especially zip lining. What was your favorite activity? Emily

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  22. Dear Megan, all those adventures are so cool! What was your favorite thing? When you saw that HUGE spider how did you reacted? Was it scary when they said there might be damage by the earth quick in Japan? Hope you write back soon! From, Ryan w.:):):):):):):):)

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  23. Wouldn't it be hard to board down a volcano? It doesn’t seem very easy. And what about that spider how big was it? I've never seen a bug that big before!

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  24. Spiders are awesome especially the giant ones. I really want to zip line, I've never zip lined in my life. T.T.

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  25. I'm so happy for summer to come also. Because I don't like the cold. I also am super happy because in the summer I like to swim. Plus in summer I always hang out with my friends and it is really fun.

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  26. Hi Megan!!! OMG that spider is huge!!!!! I hope that you are having fun in Nicaruaga.... Do you know how tall that rock is that you jumped off of??? I love jumping off of the high dives at pools and I bet that was fun... bye for now.
    Brittany

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  27. Wow. That spider was HUGE. I hope I don't see one in real life. I hope your parents like it there. And I hope you like the t-shirt you got. Reece

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  28. All of the pictures look fantastic! And the baby looks adorable, tell your sis that I say hi! I’m wondering if it’s nice and sunny over there. How are the kids doing with their English? Have you made friends yet? I’m glad that you’re having lots of fun! It was nice chatting with you!

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  29. Hey Megan, your pictures that you took showed that you were having a lot of fun. Was it scary when you were zip lining? It was probably more fun than scary. I’m so excited for summer I wish it would come faster. Well I hope you have even more fun when your over there. Bianca

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  30. I was wondering if any of us wanted to be an exchange student in Nicaragua, who would you recommend we talk to? Grace

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  31. The volcano sounds fun. But how do you ride in lava? It does not make sense but it must have been super fun. xD

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  32. Hi Megan looks like fun. The zip line looks awesome. Sincerely, Cassandra

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  33. How did you like the zip line I have never been on one?

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  34. Hi Megan I think it is awesome that you get to be there. Are you having fun adventures? I’m not brave at all. I think one of your personality traits is braveness. I love softball. I've played for 5 years.

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  35. How hot was it when you were volcano boarding? did you fall? Maguire

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  36. I think that is really cool. I wonder if I will ever go there. I really liked your pictures. That spider was huge!

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  37. All that stuff you did looked really fun especially the volcano boarding. That river that you swam in looked awesome. I wish I was able to swim in it.

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  38. Your pictures are awesome I loved the spider. I once stayed in a crater. I would love to go zip-lining. The baby looked so cute the country looks awesome. I hope the weather is nice. Sincerely, Wade

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  39. I have to admit, that picture of a girl jumping off the rock was not me--it's my friend. I jumped off a much smaller part haha I was too chicken this time!

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  40. The volcano surfing involved no lava...I definitely would NOT have taken that risk!! It was just volcanic rock and we wore protective suits so we didn't get scratched up. I didn't fall, thankfully :)

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