Midweek, we were asked by the family living on the main floor of the house if our family would like to do something on Saturday with them. We said "sure". "What is it that you have planned?" That is when the adventure began. You see, visiting a finca means nothing to me, especially when it is a finca that their friend in Virginia owns and you must take a panga because it is on the ocean. OK, lets piece this together, finca means farm and panga is a boat. This is about as clear as all the mud here.
Saturday morning arrives and Amy and I go to market with Dina at 6:30am to buy fish, pineapple, pop, limes etc for the day. Packing a daypack, we head down the dirt road 1/4 mile to the dock at 8:00am.
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| Sylvia in the tan shirt |
We climbed in the large canoe style panga and off we went. Miss Sylvia said, "We are on an adventure." The first part of the adventure is getting in the tippy boat. Then on the way, the rain began to fall so we all held a piece of black plastic the length of the boat over our heads. After about 45 minutes with a 9.9hp engine, we had to travel through a very narrow passage cut and dug out by hand through the mangroves for 3/4 mile. Finally, the finca came in view. A house with several crops (pineapple, yucca, bananas, coconuts, sugar cane)and some chickens and dogs.
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| Narrow passage dug by hand |
The farm borders the Atlantic Ocean and the beach was beautiful.
While we enjoyed swimming and playing on the beach, an authentic Nicaraguan meal of rice, fried yucca and fish was being prepared by Dina and Jose's wife.
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| Dogs and chickens looking for scraps |
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| Beach at the finca |
Jose is the caretaker and took us around, showing us the plants and how to harvest them.
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| Ana wants a machete for Christmas! |
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| Joked about our family Christmas tree picture |
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| Cutting yucca roots off |
The day's adventure ended about 5:00pm, pulling up to the dock at dusk. Oh, we had to pull the plastic over our heads again.
Everyone ate well and had a great day, except for the sunburn which is very hard to control here. Ana's burn was treated with yucca paste! Jack calls it yucca block.
Bonus pictures of the day:
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| Peeking out from under the plastic |
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| Playing in the hammock |
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| Yucca skin treatment |
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| Swimming and body surfing |
So Anna has her Christmas list made out! Don't think you will be able to get that one back through security! LOL... Maybe Grandma or Grandpa will have to find one of those here! Prayers for you all... Love the pictures.
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