The day I got made redundant...

I was faffing about with kayaks and rubber rings in a laguna in the extinct crater of a big ole volcano. That's the way to do it! Get over here lads!

That was just one idyllic day of a number of them, I can now confirm Nicaragua is a MARVELLOUS tourist destination and our little sojourn included...

More volcanoes (Masaya - still steaming!)

Jumping...

Climbing up the insides of hollow trees...

Revolutionary celebrations...

And spending more than the average amount of time talking about, and looking at, leaf cutter ants. More research needed on that one. Why do they travel so far? Why only some leaves? Why don't they have more predators? They are freaking everywhere and so damn busy!!

Some of the more interesting bits will seep out in time I'm sure... Like seeing a large portion of the department of Esteli and beyond following Daniel Ortega into town to celebrate the liberation of their city on Thursday. It certainly blows some of the jaded feelings away about the current situation seeing that many people so passionate and happy. Although even the most passionate Sandinistas agreed that he didn't need to talk for hours and hours and most seemed to be using his long speech as a reason to catch up with family... and why not?!

For now, I´m going to let the dust settle a bit and get on with some work.