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July 6th 2016

Published: August 13th 2016

A small puebla in the region of Masaya called San Juan de la Concepcion hosts the La Mariposa Escuela de Espanol. A teacher colleague, back in Oregon, recommended the school to me and the idea of taking some Spanish classes here. I spent four nights at Casa de Gonzalo with a beautiful home-stay family and four nights at the school which is also an Eco-hotel, rain reforest area, dog sanctuary, bird... Read Full Entry

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Boquita

Selling melaza, molasses treats. Yum!

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Melaza

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Lunch!

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Offering horseback rides to fat Americans on a skin and bone horse.

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Beach Activities, oxen.

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A young horse owner offering rides on the beach. The little foal was exhausted and had no access to drinking water for the duration of my visit.

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Fishermen

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Shave ice!

Boquita- Beach Dog

This poor dog will likely be next week's meal for the pack who stalked him. Most of the time the dogs are starving and with skin infections, he was especially weak from repeated attacks when one of us would offer him a bite from our plate. Breaks my heart.

La Mariposa- Jungle Stay

Here is the little cabin where I stayed breifly after my homestay, and my private fall in the hammock.

La Mariposa- Jungle Shower

This is where I showered with the bugs. We needed to use organic based soap products because the water that went down the drain was collected and used to water the gardens.

La Mariposa- Latrine

The latrine was full of giant cockroaches and palm sized insects. It caused some discomfort, as you can imagine.

Laguna de Masaya

This is the Lake of the active Volcano, Masaya.

Revolucion

This area was used as a hiding spot during the revolution.

Laguna de Masaya

Volcun Masaya

From anywhere in this area, you can spot the active Volcun Masaya steaming and filling the landscape with the threat of eruption.

Laguna de Masaya

Our guide stopped to introduce us to his wife, child and pig which they keep as a pet and is named, "Baby." omg!

Laguna de Masaya

Fishermen

Volcun Masaya

Volcan Masaya

We took a night ride up to the top of Masaya Volcano, aka "Garganta del Infierno." Throat of the hell. The lava sloshing around was only 100 meters away and it moved like the ocean, violently.

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