The last week has been quite possibly the longest of my
life, anxiously waiting our 9 whole days off for spring break! Recap of the
last week…
We went to yoga in our neighborhood for what ended up being about
a $1.25. The class took place outside on this big stage like platform, Caroline
and I were given straw mats, and the man who was leading the class only had
seven fingers. I would not necessarily label this class as yoga, but rather an
interpretation or adaptation. There was a lot of rolling involved. Our
instructor’s name was Jamiel, which means little hair in Arabic, or
beauty…either or.
This past weekend we visited Lake Apoyo; A crater lake about
20 minutes away from Granada. It was beautiful, the air was cool, and the water
was clear and refreshing. Our hotel room has AC (holler) and we also had a cute
little patio with a huge hammock and a dog named Bob...or Marley, we aren’t
quite sure. We had to take a taxi and two different buses both ways, and we
successfully did it almost all on our own. Just call me Hannah “pretentious
traveler” Pettersen.
Tais (our ten year old host sister) is so damn cute. She has
been showing off her different dances to us, and her new favorite thing to do
is wear Savannah’s glasses around the house all night. Oh and she loves selfies,
so naturally I love her.
And then....On Thursday, we found ourselves in the strongest
earthquake in Nicaragua since the last one 40 years ago that destroyed Managua.
I am stuck between this feeling of knowing I should be scared and stressed out,
but instead I feel excited that I am experiencing something that a lot of
people never will. An earthquake! Like that’s so freaking cool!!! Our host
sister who is 37 told us it was the strongest one she has felt in her whole
life. I’m being dramatic though, no one was hurt and nothing was
destroyed…while it was ranked 6.2 on the Richter scale, it did not last long
enough to damage much of anything.
There have been 100’s of aftershocks, one woman told us
there needs to be 3,500 tremors after an earthquake before they stop…I find
that hard to believe. Also, we are getting a lot of mixed signals on what to do
when earthquakes or strong tremors happen, because most people say it’s safest
to stay inside, but then when it happens every goes to the street immediately.
We aren’t sure. We follow the crowd, being that we’re new to this whole
earthquake thing…
No need to worry, we are all safe and are being well taken
care of!
Caroline, Savannah, Michael just got to our first location!
We are spending a night at a hotel right by the airport, and around 3pm
tomorrow we’re picking Savannah and Caroline’s families up from the airport and
heading to San Juan Del Sur!!!! Party Party. And Michael’s girlfriend, who is
currently also abroad and whose trip is ending this coming week, is coming on
Wednesday and we are all way too excited to meet her!
Rumble rumble,
Hannah
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