Pedro: Yesterday went about as well as imaginably possible! Michelle has wanted to see a monkey ever since
I got my invitation to come to Nicaragua.
And…?
Michelle: We went to MONKEY ISLAND!!!!! Basically, in Lake
Nicaragua off of Granada, there is an archipelago of hundreds of tiny islands
that can be as close as ten feet apart. Some have very ramshackle, tin-roofed
houses where local Nicaraguans (mostly fisherman) live; some have restaurants
and many have absurdly nice houses for wealthy Nicaraguans and foreigners. One
island even had a house with four rooms, air conditioning and pool that you
could rent for three days…for the low cost of $440,000. We paid $20
each for a boatman to take us on a private tour of the islands. Our first stop
was Monkey Island, a teeny tiny little island where a family of four monkeys
lives. They clearly love attention from tourists because they were hamming it
up and climbing out onto tree limbs hanging over the water. A local vet owns
the island, as well as the next closest island. He brings the monkeys food and
takes care of them when they are sick. It was AWESOME. Our second stop was…
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| Fishermen |
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| Welcome to Monkey Island! |
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| Look, Ma! No hands! |
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| Can you find the monkey? (Hint: it's not the one wearing the red shirt) |
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| Michelle con mono |
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| Is this my good side? |
Peter John: “Restaurant: Your Island”! And that’s exactly what it was, our own
little private island. We told our boat
driver that we wanted to be picked up in 2.5 hours and bummed around. We ate some AMAZING pork, drank a liter of
brew each, dipped our toes in the pool and talked to parrots!
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| Polly, want a cracker? |
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| Can you see all the isletas behind this attractive couple? The one in the back right is Monkey Island! |
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| This is the best job in the world. |
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| Island for sale! |
Michelle: Then, later we grabbed banana smoothies and snacks
before heading to Pete’s first movie in Nicaragua, the Hunger Games!
PJ: I loved the movie but it definitely had its Nicaraguan
touches. First we were the ONLY people
in the theater 10 minutes before show time.
And then like a lot of things in Central America, the movie which was
schedule to start at 6:45pm didn’t start until 7:05pm. No previews and I’m pretty sure it was a
pirated copy.
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| Nica movie theater! |
MK: Another Nica touch? There were at least three bats
chasing each other around the theater. This morning we went to breakfast at a
waffle house and climbed to the top of an old church bell tower – pretty views
of the city, volcano and Lake Nicaragua!
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| Granada Cathedral |
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| Pete and Michelle in the bell tower! |
Pedro: But that’s it from Granada. Back to the great north and work (well for me
at least!).
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