The Beach!

Well, finally I have a great reason to update my blog. Last weekend we went to the beach, and it was super fun and relaxing, a great break from 6 day work weeks and less than 2 hours away! Here are a few pics:

The view from our hotel, "Hotelita Lupita." Gotta love the name!

So aparently we were the only fans of the beach - not going to complain

Fisherman bringing in the boats

How lucky am I, my host brother Mario likes football

(unfortunately he's a Packers fan)

I'm not quite sure what we're doing here - maybe

contemplating another swim?

The boats

The beach was too rocky for surfers, and a little dangerous to swim, but still a great time with the Perez family. I'm still wondering why PAC doesn't have a regional office out here...

Coffee anyone?

Recently my time has been spent developing and trying out the new system for gathering information from coffee producers for the database. I am working in Ocotal, an office of PAC near to the Honduran border. Here are some images to capture the last few weeks:

The bus ride between Granada and Ocotal is a total of about six hours.

Which leaves plenty of time for the already

struggling buses to break down!

Discussing the new plan to gather data with

managers and technicians.

Las Sabanas, a high (and cool) town, on of the most ideal places

to grow coffee in Nicaragua.

Interviewing a coffee farmer to try out the new system.

My church on the weekends back in Granada.

My 20 year old host brother, Mario, sharing in church. It's

great having a brother like him, we get along really

well and have great times hanging out!