Waterfall

So today has been one of the best days to date...I think thats a recurring theme of this blog. I have only been here a few short days and I feel that each day is better then the next.

Today My counter part Luis, another volunteer Charles, and his counterpart Selim and I went on a trip to outside of Somoto. Our travels took us about 40 minutes out of our way. I dont think ive ever talked about how we get around in Somoto. So before I continue I will take a bit to talk about it. Well in Somoto everyone drives pickup trucks, because it is necessary for the dit raods and bumps. The pickup part of the truck serves the purpose of transporting people. So whenever we go anywhere we have to pile people into the back of the truck. I think we managed to get 11 people in the back so far, but they Somoteñios say they can get 17 people. Its frikin nuts. It also hurts the buttox when you hit every bump.

Well bcak to the story about today. We sat in the bcak of the truck as usuall. And well our plan was to go see a waterfall. This was a severly bumpy road and my legs were like jello at the end, during the trip one of us fell out of the truck. I wont name names to save his dignity....and no it wasnt me!!!! Well we got to the waterfall and there was the International news station of Nicaragua waiting for us. They were there to film the interactions between the Canadians that got invited and the Somotans. So I was very lucky to be invited on this excursion.

Well I saved one of the most interesting parts for this paragraph: We could actually climb the waterfall to the main part of the waterfall. It was gorgeous, it was one of the brightest days ive seen here, and the weater was hot, and the water was cooling, a perfect combination, and a perfect start to a great day. Yes this is just the start.

Well once we got to the main part of the waterfall, where the water poured at a 90 degree angle. One of our guides pull out climbing equipment. The news crews had followed us up until this point weilding their cameras and filming equipment. Look like they would film us repeling down the waterfall. It was about a good 50-60 meter drop from the top of the waterfall. I was one of the four who got a chance to repel down the waterfall. We climbed to the top of the fall from the side. As we got to the top we found out we´d be dropping down two people at a time. Looked like i would be dropping down with my Canadian friend charles. We named ourselves team Canada as we were the only Canadians in attendance. The experience of dropping down the waterfall is incredible, it was such an adrenaline rush, and indescribable in its totality. As we dropped down all eyes were on us, including film crews. It was an incredible day!

Just to summ everything up...
1.Got on Nicaragua National News...so if you watch that look out for me.
2. Climbed a Waterfall
3. Reppelled Down it

Absolutely Breath taking

C ya Around.


O ya ps just a side note for Ayesha who apprently reads this everyday, I met three girls from Spain. One of them is from Mallorca and she got drunk with....... u guesed it Rafael Nadal at a party there. Thought You would like that!