Kris & Emily visit Nicaragua - Costa Rica December 1, 2006 – January 9, 2007

Filed under: Costa Rica, Nicaragua — Aaron and Amy at 2:12 pm on Tuesday, January 23, 2007

Originally, my mom and Aaron were supposed to fly in and out of Managua on the same days in order to minimize the number of times driving to Managua.  While in the states Aaron decided to extend his trip, thus providing me with a week between my mom leaving and Aaron returning.  After having spent three wonderful weeks with my mom, it was kind of nice to have the time to myself before Aaron came home.  A week flew by with guilt-free lounging, television, reading, working on our website and doing a bit of exercise.  Khorrah continuously got new wounds from scratching at ticks; so I was dressing them twice a day as well as keeping up with picking ticks from both dogs twice a day.  It was hard on everybody (Read on …)

Moms visit Nicaragua Oct 27-Nov 30 2006

Filed under: Nicaragua — Aaron and Amy at 3:21 pm on Sunday, January 14, 2007

After picking up Cynthia at the airport in Managua we got some groceries and dog food before getting back to our sanctuary at San Juan.  Cynthia immediately took to the hammocks, where she spent a lot of time relaxing.  We had excellent weather during her visit.  We even got a little cool weather and rain which Cynthia was looking forward to!  After two days of lounging about the house and pool, we decided it was time to go to the beach!  Aaron loaded the kayak on top of the jeep and we headed to Bahia Magajual which is about 15 minutes down the dirt road heading north.  After Cynthia and I got set up with our umbrella in the shade, then Aaron set off to go spear fishing from the kayak.  He was gone for several hours and returned with a large rooster fish and a small snapper.  (Read on …)