Leaving Nicaragua

We´re waking up today in Granada at the end of our two weeks, and ready for a final day of a tour of Granada, some shopping, and goodbyes. We finished a great day yesterday departing from the Island Ometepe, which carried mixed feelings, but was highlighted by stopping at San Juan del Sur, with great views of the Pacific, and Masaya National Park, where a cave swarmed with bats and our guide told us everything we could want to know about the active crater there, and on the whole, we´ve had good closure and spirits.
We threw ourselves into being here with several results: conversational Spanish and a load of new vocabulary, new friendships and many more than we expected, experience teaching English, some fitter muscles, a nearly-completed sink for the secondary school, new faucets, fresh blue paint, and better drainage for existing sinks there, a new door for their pit toilets there, a cleaner soccer court at the Hacienda Merida, and all the work knowledge and knowledge of the school and its students that came with that project. Despite a few tough bouts of sickness that was hard to shake off, we´ve come out with better abilities to care and look out for one another. Everyone involved themselves on the trip, in the work projects and teaching, and in our conversations and pow wows, and from this involvement, we´ve all learned. Thanks to the group for this effort. Cuidase,
Jack and Maielle