As it snows in Maryland, we're enjoying the amazing weather here! Our day started a but late considering the Nicaraguan time culture. Once we left we stopped at a local market that sold items anywhere ranging from food to construction tools. It was interesting to see how all the locals were able to gather in one location to buy their essentials for daily life as well as luxury items. Our next stop was the Masaya volcano. Although the sulfur was heavy, the view was breath  taking. After, we drove and finally reached Granada. The city is so beautiful. This city has much more color, even with it's buildings. Once we explored our villa, a few of us decided to take a boat tour of their islands where the elite population from Managua have vacation homes. It was interesting to see the contrast between the locals and the grand houses. The culture here is significantly different; our tour guide explained how they're main job is fishing, with minimal to no exports and cannot afford motor boats so they must manually row their boats for miles. It makes me grateful for the programs and opportunities that the US offers employes, in comparison to these third work countries. The culture here has expanded my horizon greatly from the simple things such as their sense of leaving time to the comfortableness wealth disparity.
Overall, this has been an eye opening, amazing trip.