Zipline!

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OK, now we're all finally feeling good enough to fly: in our very first ever zipline adventure, on the slopes of Mombacho volcano. Victor and Katya made the arrangements with Tierra Tours. We survived it. It was fun! Even for scared-of-heights Melody. In fact we were impressed with their careful developed-world-level attention to safety, otherwise generally lacking in Nicaragua. I guess they had to find somebody who could explain to them what gringo tourists demand in that department.

The jungle under the zipline does double duty as an organic coffee plantation. I bought a few pounds to take home.

I learned from Sr. Carlos that Nicaraguan farmers have jumped from too-poor-to-buy-pesticide, directly to marketing their produce as organic. The organic food bandwagon came along and they jumped on. Good for them.

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