Managua again and Home

While on the island we stayed at a lovely hotel called Charco Verde. One of its attractions was a butterfly garden. There were beautiful plants and, of course, butterflies. We left the island on Monday and returned to Managua to catch the plane home. As we were scheduled to leave at midnight, we had the whole day to explore. This was the only day that it rained. Some members of the group were exhausted and ‘under the weather’ so they headed back to the Best Western while others took in a tour of the city. Along the way we stopped and did a bit more shopping and visited a crater that was formed from a volcano. Nicaragua’s version of the Grand Canyon--no mules; horses for the trail. We arrived back in Boston in time for lunch--more crackers in the car. There’s no place like home.

Hotel Views
	You probably can't tell that all of those shadows in the background are windmills.
This is totally staged. Rest was hard to come by.
	Young kiddos would make folded art from palm reeds which they would get the tourists to buy.
Where is AAA?	It's almost repaired.  Dogs everywhere, acting like they are part of the family--where is Bob Barker?
Scenes from the crater.