Nica Party: Days One and Two

So, I came to Nicaragua to visit Greta last May and never ended up blogging about it. Well, here I am, 8 months later and blogging with each and every day -- that's the plan at least. I left NYC (and it's 30 degree weather) early in the morning. I got to Miami and waited for about 3 hours for my connecting flight. The flight to Managua was rad. I went first class and got fed. They kept trying to pour booze down my throat. I ended up arriving in Nicaragua at 7:30PM.

Straight away Greta took me to eat and meet up with this girl I met last time named Elin. She's a Swede and her mom is the Swedish ambassador here. Their house is phenomenal. Anyway, we ate and then from there, Elin's driver (yes, nearly all the rich people have them here) took us to various dance clubs/bars. That's one thing that is kind of weird for me.

In Latin America (if you're wealthy), that's what you do: you go out. A lot. You go out and dance and drink and have a driver take you around town. This isn't really my style. I don't think I'd ever want to go to a dance club in New York or anywhere really. However, here it's fun. People actually know how to dance and they have fun with it. Granted, I'm not a big drinker and I don't really like going out much when I'm on vacation - I'd rather climb things and sunbathe and go on adventures - but once in awhile it's fun. Especially so in Nicaragua. I guess it's because I really like the music they play: some American stuff, Reggaeton, TuPac, Juanes, Hispanic pop, etc. It's a really great mix!

Anyway, here are a few pictures from the night:

I basically got off of the plane, ate dinner at this mall/going-out complex (where we met up with Elin) and just went around from there. We got home at around 2:30/3:00AM. Poor Greta had to get up and go to work the next morning and be there all day.

That next day, I just hung out at Greta's house all day. I had possible plans of going to el Mercado Oriental (basically like a flea market) to buy fabric and shoes, OR to hang out with Elin, but both of those plans fell through. I had a great time, though just lounging by the pool and g-chatting with people. I seriously just hung out, ate, hung out some more and then played Guitar Hero with Greta's little cousin Chele. He whooped my ass.

Greta came home at around 6:30PM and we all hung out and just had a good time until we fell asleep.

It was good to relax today. I really needed it. Not that my job was that hard or the job search is that intensive, but I really felt like I needed a break from New York for awhile... Today, and this trip in general, will be good for me.

More to come, friends.

**I am blogging semi-live. I am just saving all these blogs as drafts because I really want to add pictures to the posts, but the wireless internet is a little slow here and it takes too long to upload each picture. (Not like you care about this information, but whatever).