We stopped first at the scenic overlook in Masaya and took pictures of the lakes and lush, tropical hillsides before having a snack and heading to the marketplace. Our wonderfully knowledgeable guide and guardian, Jose Antonio Moreno, gave us the following advice before heading into the marketplace: “Wait until I am with you to buy something, I can help negotiate. Once you start talking they will know you are not from Nicaragua.” This is excellent advice, and we generally followed it. However, some of us thought maybe the shopkeepers could tell we were not from Nicaragua even before we started talking. Picture left to right: Marshand, Jose Antonio Moreno, Christy, Adam, and Armando.
We also made some friends today. The kids really liked having their picture taken and then looking at it on the digital camera; we took lots of them!
We also found out that dogs in Nicaragua do not like to eat strawberry Mentos but they do like to eat banana chips.
