NICARAGUA!!!!!!!!

Finally made it to Nicaragua!

I got dropped off at the boarder by my family this afternoon, and after the confusion and yelling and organized chaos, I made it to the Nica Time driver. We drove through the beautiful Nicaraguan countryside, and right along the shores of Lake Nicaragua. It's massive, and I love it because it creates off-shore winds almost everyday along the coast line!

Tonight I'm staying in one of the rental houses in Hacienda Iguana, which is right on Playa Colorados because its the SDA surf team's last night here. It was funny seeing them go over the pictures, and giving each other shit the whole time.

I got to surf for a little bit outside the house before the team got back from their boat ride to Manzanillo. It's a super clean and punchy beachbreak that is pretty close to shore. The winds were kinda fickle and blowing out of the south, southwest so it wasn't perfect offshores, but still really fun.

Tomorrow I'm moving into my my "condo" in Playa Gigante. Its like a 30 min walk to Colorados, but Mateo said he is going to have me out on the boat trips a lot, surfing and working with the customers.

I'm so excited to start my five week internship. The people are really nice and cool, and I hope to meet a bunch of new people and learn a lot during my time here!