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We were told that our installation at Kukra Hill is the 35th
in Nicaragua. The installers checked to
be sure all was functioning as it is supposed to. All of yesterday’s bottles had sold during the celebration (the Dr
buying 6 and ordering more).
After breakfast of egg, avocado and rice we loaded up in
taxis and headed to the dock to get the Panga back to Blue Field.
We loaded up, and put on our life vests. Thirty-five minutes later with wind in our
faces we docked in Blue Field. This time it didn't seem as fast, but maybe part of that feeling was the expectation of speed.
Since we now knew the way to get to the Central Moravian
Church, we walked there. I feel relieved
that the 60 pound red duffle bag that held all the teaching supplies now lives
in the storage room of the Kukra Hills church, and I don’t have to moose it
around. We stored our luggage at the
church and got taxis to the Pelican for lunch.
Everyone seemed to enjoy their meal. My lemonade was wonderful, but my
guess is that the lemonade was not made with totally clean water, because soon after leaving the restaurant, I was
struck with stomach distress. I had a
hard afternoon, because the only bathroom available to us at the Moravian
church had no water. A few Immodium
later and I was feeling much better.
We got to La Costena
airport in plenty of time to relax a bit.
The interesting part of the check in
process was that each passenger was weighed with his/her luggage. This should have been the first clue that we
were going to be flying on a teeny tiny airplane. Turns out the plane had only 15 passenger
seats and I could not stand up inside the cabin. We almost didn’t get all the luggage on the
plane with us—good thing some of the other passengers had no luggage at all.
I did take some pictures as we flew low over Nicaragua—there were lots of clouds, some of
which we flew through.
When we arrived, and deplaned, we walked across the street
to our Managua Best Western Hotel. We
were looking forward to hot showers , but no such luck—it was at best a tepid
shower. But it still felt GREAT!
We met our partners from Virginia for supper and because of
my earlier discomfort, I had chicken soup.
Went down well and didn’t cause my any problems.
Set alarm for 4 am to catch the next leg of our travels—to Houston.
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