Hola!
After an intense finals week where I wrote three exams, a total of 9h in the span of 24 hours, an exercise that can make your brain feel something like a mix of superlaggy computer and mashed potatoes. I made my way to San Diego Airport and got on a red eye to Miami. After a few hours of sleep, in flight and on the floor in a quiet corner of Miami airport, I found myself walking into a wall of heat, the smell of fried plantains and Spanish words being thrown at me as I exited Managua Airport in Nicaragua where I decided to go on a very spontaneous solo trip. Why Nicaragua? Well, why not? Tickets were cheap, weather’s nice, surf’s good and I had 10 days before meeting up with my family in San Fransisco. Yes, it’s pretty much as spontaneous as it sounds, and no, I don’t speak a word of Spanish. Whatsoever. But I like to travel on my own, meet interesting people, learn about new cultures and get out of my own everyday for a bit.

I’ve now been in Nicaragua for about five days and I’m loving it. I’m staying at a surf camp/resort that is pretty upscale, but gave 50% off anything booked in December in an attempt to attract customers after being closed for the past months due to the political situation in the country (Google it). Thus the place is aimed towards travellers with bigger budgets but the crowd is what you would usually find in a hostel. It’s great. We’re an eclectic mix of ages and nationalities. Surf’s good, they have great vegan food, and I splurged and got myself a single room, which I feel I deserve after not having a door to my ”room” (aka little corner above the staircase) for three months.

My surf instructor is hilarious and describes just about everything exciting as ”suuuuper trippy man”, and the beach is pretty nice. Sunsets are not too bad either as you can see from the pictures. There is a lot more I could say, but I’ll just show you for now and collect my thoughts on things and save the words for later.
As always, thank you for reading, take care and go hug someone you love!