Yes, I know. The photos below are exciting. I was pretty happy that I could upload them. I´ll try to keep uploading them as I can, slowly but surely. It takes a long time here to upload just one. Be patient :)

On Thursday, Siobhan and I hiked 5 km to the cascada of Estanzuela. We were bored and wanted some exercise, so we said ¨Hey, lets do this!¨ It was uphill all the way there. It took us about 1 1/2 hours to get there. We were tired, hot and slightly cranky but when we saw the waterfall, it was totally worth it. Lovely cool water, calm peaceful setting. The waterfall itself was probably a few stories high. Green trees and bushes all around it. We were the only ones there so we changed into our swim gear and waded in. We swam underneath, through and behind the falls. It was soooo nice after that walk. We were there for maybe half an hour then packed up, changed and started home. Since the walk was mostly downhill, we did the returning5 km in half an hour. We left at 8 that morning and were back home by 11ish. Note the first photo with the thumbs up.

I start work on Tuesday which is pretty exciting. I got my tentative schedule which looks something like this:

* Note- every day is 8am - 12pm, then lunch, then 2pm - 5pm. Roughly *

Tuesday: 8am - 12pm @ Los Pipitos. Not sure if I´m working in the afternoon.

Wednesday: all day in some community called Tunoza

Thursday: every other Thursday we go to Managua. If not in Managua, then I´m working at FUNARTE doing murals for the big festival being held in September to celebrate FUNARTE´s 21st anniversary.

Friday: working at FUNARTE all day, at least for now.

Saturday: 8am - 12pm working at FUNARTE with over 200 street kids, painting and drawing.

Seems like a decent work schedule. Get a 2 1/2 day weekend. Siobhan and I plan to do some travelling in those days around Nicaragua.

Otherwise, nothing much else is happening. Taking the weekend off to just chill and laze around Esteli. Its really hot here so during the day we kind of just read and get tired.

We went out for dinner last night and had a great time. Tried a Pina Colada - it was fantastic. We were out until 11pm, and we met up with some Nica friends at Cafe Luz around 9pm and stayed there until closing. Fun times. The Nica friends want to come travelling with us which will be helpful I think.

Anywhoo, time is running out. Keep on reading and I´ll keep on trying to upload photos. Like always, love and miss you all! Thanks for the support.

Hasta Luego!