How will the clothes ever dry?
Rain turns Esteli's streets into a river
The camionetta negotiates a rough patch of the road on the way to Achuapa
Jerry and Eddy from Lagartillo perform at the 30th anniversary of Achuapa's liberation
Alcides y Reed limpiando frijoles--weeding around beans with a special machete
Pig (chancho) sleeps
Rawley en route to the Cascada at Las Brisas
Valley--so green!
The water is much stronger during the wet season
Maribel and Rawley eat lunch
Contemplating the beauty of the canyon
Vaca y ternero
Norvin, Pancho y Mongito
Jahaira makes delicious tortillas
Rosqillas (corn breads) await their turn to bake in the clay oven
Hot coals fall from the oven
Maiz
Coffee berries
Alcidito, Alcides' and Carla's new baby
Gallina copeta y gato
Javier, Roniel y Rawley
Evening light over Achuapa
The sun sets in the west, while conflict shakes Honduras to the north
The world seems so peaceful sometimes
Yerlin and Francisca in their pulperia (little store) in Esteli
Milking cows in the morning mists at La Perla, Miraflor
Chancho y chanchitos
Broccoli thrives in the cool mists at 1800m
Posada La Perla, Miraflor
Rawley, Eyda and Yesir (sp?) lead the way
Crossing la quebrada
Putting my boots to good use
Miraflor is a wonderful place
Una cascada
Barba de viejito (old man's beard)
The scenery is beautiful but life is hard en el Norte
This huge tree is hollow inside
Hollow tree
Rawley climbs the hollow tree
Campo de Miraflor
Little maiz
Bromeliads cover the trees
Groovy fire station in Rivas
Rivas catedral
Waiting for the apples, Rivas
Rivas
Sacuanjoche
Leaving for Ometepe
Volcanoes Conception (Left) and Maderas (Right) make up Ometepe
Ferry, windmills line the shore beyond
Charco verde, Ometepe
Washing clothes in the Colcibolca (Lake Nicaragua) at Charco Verde
Mangos abound in Altagracia
Volcan Maderas
Toro, San Ramon
Hiking to the waterfall, San Ramon
Cascada San Ramon
We weren't supposed to swim, but the water looked so nice...
We came across a family of howler monkeys in a Ceiba tree
Ninos in Merida
Mas ninos
The shoreline, Merida
El Pescadito was our home in Merida
Leaving Ometepe
