Day 2

Granada Nicaragua Day two
Today is a day for the team to sightsee and spend some time bonding and recovering from our day(s) of travel. After waking, we walked together a short distance to a restaurant for a nice brunch. After eating some fantastic food, Donna (one of the founders of the local clinic here), gave us a ride to the grocery store to buy some snacks, drinks and breakfast foods.
After touring a bit we boarded horse drawn carriages for a tour of the city. Surprisingly, horse drawn carriages and carts are a major form of transportation in this still rather primitive city. One important part of our Granada project involves spending a day working with the local horse owners to offer foot care, vaccinate, float teeth and treat various medical conditions. Local vet, Dr Tom has spent the last couple of years cultivating the trust of the horse owners by offering regular equine care. Tom started with the carriage drivers whose horses are now noticeably healthier than the average cart horses in Granada.
The carriages dropped us off at Lake Nicaragua, a large, beautiful lake with many islands formed from huge boulders landing atop one another after the eruption of a nearby volcano. We boarded a boat and were treated to a tour of the lake which was occupied by an abundance of interesting plants and wildlife including some friendly monkeys who swung down from the trees to take treats from us. There are even salt water sharks inhabiting these fresh waters!
When we got off the boat, we paused to pose for a team picture by the trunk of a huge tree. We met that night for dinner, then off to bed to rest up for the first day of our clinic.

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