Sunday, April 19, 2009

Granada







Today we met monkeys on islands located in lake Nicaragua. Lake Nicaragua is the largest lake in all of Central America it has 300 small islands in it. We took a boat ride through these lush islands. It was astoundingly beautiful. The lake it at the bottom of a gigantic volcano. The birds and flowers were stunning. But the life there was also lovely. There were little boats filled with tons of people getting back and forth from their houses. Kids were fishing with sticks and some with their hands or nets. some of the islands were as big as a small bungalow. Like the one with the 4 monkeys that resided on it. I don't quite know how they arrived there but they are there and Lula blessed us with her grace on our boat. She took a shine to Sean. She was cuddling with him like a little sleepy child would do with their dad. It was adorable. Then she took a couple of my carmels from my hand and eventually my bag of plantain chips. It is so wierd, they are so human like. Her hands felt like hands of a farmer, just well used and leathery, her eyes spoke of emotion, as if she was sad, and she was smart she knew just what we had to offer her. Makes me think we might be related!!!
Granada is a Colonial town. The buildings are colorful and grand in their beauty and so many churches. We played at an art school in the courtyard-ish spot. The courtyards are amazing here. All the buildings just exist as a border, the inside of the building is open air for the mini-jungle courtyard. Brilliant. So we played there it was beautiful. There were fireworks going off during our performance for a saint of some kind. It's very catholic here.
Tomorrow we have an 8 am TV interview. What's the best color of clothing to wear for television, it's not white is it?

2 comments:

nonickname said...

thanks Sarah! beautiful... and for TV, not white (and maybe not to busy a pattern). Most colors are good, more solids I guess. Safe travels.

Unknown said...

sarah, eric says it used to be blue! love reading the blog, miss you.