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Sunday, June 30, 2013

Despedidas begin


Despedidas or “good byes” are now in full swing.  The last time I blogged, I had just finished eating dinner with my fellow business PCVs and our bosses.  Here’s a foto of the group

Biz Na$ty 56!

 Friday, we gave a presentation to the Nicaraguan Peace Corps office staff and Madame Ambassador Powers.  We made a video based around the premise of “A day in the life of a small business development volunteer”.  Mainly, we all took short videos of our daily activities from our point of view so it focuses on the work and not person.  It turned out GREAT.

After the presentation, we went back to the hotel and changed into casual wares for TACO TIME.  The director of Peace Corps Nicaragua invited us all over to his house and he made (HOMEMADE) hummus, guacamole, chips, salsa and beef, pork and chicken tacos for 45 people.  It was delicious.  It was also sad because it meant we had to say good bye to the staff and the agriculture volunteers whom we will probably never see again.

Yesterday we woke up early and made the trek down to San Juan del Sur (super touristy town of Nicaragua).  The 16 of us rented a SWEET house and reminisced over all the great experiences and stories we’ve had.

Air conditioning and a pool = heaven
This morning I went on a “hike” to see the largest Jesus statue outside of Rio.  At the top, they wanted us to pay $2 which was sadly outside of our budget.  So we gave our cameras to one of our Nica friends and he took photos for us.

Pedro overlooking the bay
Jesus grande
Hopefully tonight we’ll go out for a nice dinner and say our final good byes.  Then it’s time to make the trip back to site one last time and start saying good bye to them as well.  Eleven days!

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