More Photos

Hi everyone,

Just wanted to let you guys know that we have added more photos to our Snapfish account. We added some from our recent trip to Matagala and Jinotega in the mountains of northern Nicaragua, where we go whenever we absolutely need to escape the oppressive heat of Leon. It rained while we were there and it was incredible. We also added some from our "research trips" to Chacocente, a nature reserve in southwestern Nicaragua and Isla de Ometepe. At each place, we were checking our established non-profit projects to which Green Pathways might send volunteers. At Chacocente, the volunteers would be involved with nightly Olive Ridley sea turtle patrols. The 1.5 km stretch of beach there is one of the key nesting grounds for Olive Ridleys in the world - an arribada site (where literally thousands of female Olive Ridley turtles nest in huge groups on a tiny bit of beach). It would be pretty incredible to see. Anyways, we have a lot of photos of that stretch of beach, which in a few months, will be overrun with turtles. There are also quite a few of me and Graham enjoying a gorgeous sunset.

The second project we visited is called Project Bona Fide on Ometepe. It is a good sized permaculture operation run by an American who has lived here for 8 or 9 years. It was interesting to see the gardens, although the lodging there (an open air thatched lean-to...and the associated army of mosquitos), was a bit too rustic for us and we opted to stay in the one hostel in town 20 minutes away. The farm had incredible views of one of the two volcanoes that constitutes Ometepe, so there are a lot of photos of Volcan Maderas. We hope you enjoy them and that everyone is doing well!


Click here to see the mountain photos and here to see the volunteer project photos.