Day 1 - Travel to Nicaragua

Made it to Granada, Nicaragua after an early wakeup and a few nervous moments. Got to the airport 1-1/2 hrs before flight time and the security line was an hour long. Then the check-in computer wouldn't take my checked bag - said it was too late to check anything. Finally got a human who puzzled over it and finally took my suitcase (it did show up in Managua). And my TSA precheck allowed me to bypass the long line and I was through security in 10 minutes. Guess I should've slept in another half hour ;-)

This is the middle of 'dry' season in Nicaragua, and things are really dry. Nothing is growing in the fields, and the trees are a pale, washed-out green. It normally starts raining in May, but El Nino has messed with that cycle. Jorge, the director of the area here, noted that during a drought we pay more for groceries. But the people in rural areas here go hungry.

We're not doing anything right now; will drive to our community tomorrow morning and start working. I think the name of the community is something like Corba; I'll correct that tomorrow.