1 month in...

1 month in and what have we learnt?

That we all have different needs which need to be met in each place we visit. For Will it's important that we have air con. and lots of food. For Sam we need a ping pong table, people to play with (kids or adults) he's not fussy, and for me - I like to know that we can get to our accommodation easily and that the accommodation is nice and clean with friendly people. We all want to be walking distance to the sea and none of us are too fussy about doing 'touristy' things.

Nicaragua is nice but really quiet, it's the largest country in Central America and doesn't seem nearly as populated as El Salvador. Our day consists of the following - Get up about 7:30 and Will has a surf if the waves are good. Then we have breakfast which is usually, rice and beans and scrambled eggs for Will, Fruit, yoghurt and honey for me and nutella pancakes with fruit for Sam. After food Sam has a surf or just plays in the waves with Will and anyone else who wants to join them and I do Yoga on the beach. Then a spot of lunch and a bit of school work, followed by reading in the hammock. Finally we head back into the sea for more swimming, surfing and then around 6:00 the sun goes down and so we head out for tea to a little cafe which sits on the river. Here we eat fish, or chicken and Will eats more rice and beans. Then we are in bed by 8:00!!

We have now met a new friend (the Chipping Sodbury guy) called Laurie. He is just having a drink with us on our terrace and Sam is watching his ipod in the hammock... it's a hard life. We are also planning our next move to Santa Teresa in Costa Rica and will probably go in the next 10 days. Hopefully we will rent a house with a kitchen here so we can chill for a bit and Sam can meet some more kids (as us grown ups are such a nightmare).

Check out the picture above, a log washed into shore and Sam and Will played on it - we realised it looks just like a viking longboat!!