January 2018 Just a few more days

Final preparations are underway and two suitcases packed.  This includes a portable laptop and printer, stationery, clothing and materials to undertake activities with the children. My first night will be in Managua after which I will travel to Ometepe where Jose is to meet me at San Jorge.  A meeting is scheduled with the deputy headteacher of the school for the following day then plans made to go shopping for the children with all the kind donations given by friends, family and other organisations. A further two laptops are being taken out by friends at Peace and Hope and a rendez vous has been planned in Granada for the following weekend when I will be going to visit a friend I met last year at the Spanish school, La Mariposa  She is there again this year.
The red case contains donations and has reached its 23kg if my weighing implement is correct! the other contains necessities such as the crash helmet, emergency supplies and just a few clothes.  It will probably be half empty when I leave Ometepe!

My head and my heart have been in Nicaragua for some time now, like living two lives. I have spent many months preparing and planning. This is certainly the most adventurous trip I have ever done. I have made plans and sorted everything for home during my absence. Now I just need to go and have mind body and soul in one location and 'go for it' big time!

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