Chris & the volcano

We all knocked off from work a little early yesterday. The Mission Director (!) arranged a car for us and we all went to the local active volcano and one of the nearby towns that has a lot of artisans and shops.

The volcano was very neat! I didn’t have anything to judge the size of it, but it definitely isn’t as high as the one on Maui (10,000+ feet). Unlike the one on Maui, this volcano is clearly active. The crater was a straight drop to huge shelf, and the area below the shelf was lost in a sulphurous smoke that was constantly being put out. Parrots were living on the walls of the crater! Anyway, I tried to take a couple pictures, but I’m not at all sure how they came out yet. I’ll check them out tonight and post one or two if any good.

Oh yeah, and we went shopping after that. The women wanted to do it. Men are hunters, women are gathers. I spent a lot of time waiting. Actually, it was a lot of fun trying to bargain in my broken Spanish.

This is the last day in the Mission here in Managua, then tomorrow morning I’m off to Mexico City.