We are traveling to Costa Rica and Nicaragua for 6 weeks to volunteer!
Our travels will begin Sunday June 27th. We are taking a bus to NYC to visit Dan's Aunt Kathy and Uncle Ron in Brooklyn. Our flight to San Jose, Costa Rica leaves Tuesday June 29th. We are staying in Alajuela, Costa Rica for 2 days before we catch a bus up to Granada, Nicaragua. We stay in Granada for 3 days before leaving for Laguna de Apoyo, Nicaragua where we will be taking Spanish lessons and enjoying the natural beauty of the Nature Reserve that houses a volcanic crater lake. Jessica will be observing in elementary school classrooms here as well. We will be here for 7 days.
The following week we have free and will be visiting other cities such as Leon, Managua, and Isla de Ometepe. Isla de Ometepe is an island formed by 2 volcanos rising out of Lake Nicaragua, the largest lake in Central America.
For the next 3 weeks we will be in remote Juquillo, Nicaragua on the Pacific coast. We will be volunteering within this small community at an After School Program and teaching kids how to swim. We are living in a cabana on the beach where we hope to learn how to surf. Many volcanic hot springs and other interesting sites are all within a half days hike.
We will then make our way back to Costa Rica and fly back to NYC, where we will be greeted by some good friends, luxurious accommodations, and a concert in Central Park with Gov't Mule! Finally we will come home to Tully on Thursday August 12th, to be with our missed beagle Samson :)