farewell bearded monkey

so we're checked out of the hostel, about to taxi it up to lake apoyo for a day of kayaking and rest.

tomorrow we journey to the cdca. . i have many memories of that compund, the neighborhood and the coffee coop, and am looking forward to refreshing and revisng all the sights, smells and sounds (always a curious mix) of the streets of neuva vida, the forests in the mountain, and the community at the cdca.

in recent hours, granada has delivered:

ancient (precolumbian - 800ad?) sculptures, a 14h century convent, a smelly walk to the lake, a street market, cuban cigars, a green cotton dress, women's co-op soap, conversations with the liquor and dress vendors (pirate whiskey and the merits of speaking spanish) . . excellent lunches and an evening of teaching dad about 'special verbs' in spanish.


more sometime - possibly after returning to the states.

my love to all,
--mak