0752 lying awake on bunk. I probably fell asleep pretty quickly so we night guess 10pm. I woke up brieflyish several times in night (almost certainly just before midnight, probably about two or three maybe both and again maybe 6ish). Power has just gone out as I write this. I didn't get up, i toyed with a piss but didn't have one.
Been awake maybe 30 mins? So I probably have had about 9h fairly solid sleep. At least once on waking I was drowsily confused about where I was and whether or when I had a lesson before realising groggily I was in leon.
I think I might get up in a minute. Earlier than I intended but as I say I have had a provably fairly solid sleep and while eg eyes feel a bit watery and I did just yawn I suspect all this is more post sleep/morning stuff than real tiredness.
Bit edgy about booking shuftle and boat and asking about volcano but it is what it is, if I miss out on the volcano or have to swizzle my dates so be it.
Most other people see lm to be up judging by the empty beds.
0806 re last night comment on aaminesa of hostel book collections, I did mean it, but of course they all have variety within them from different books, but there is also something class of their own about the somewhat neglected and introguingly mixed and battered nature of them.
0829 at breakfast. Sitting near some guy but not chatting but it feels ok. At 80 cordobas breakfast feels a decent deal and it is good to not have to go out, I will have breakfast and as much free coffee as I can suck down and then see if I can book the boat and then the volcano. Dithering about the latter but I need to get the boat sorted as it is on critical path whatever o decide or is possible re volcano. And while a slightly longer rest here would be nice I really cannot justify staying til Friday given no Thursday boat unless I am simply forced to by no availability Wednesday.
Using osk for this as not voice typing at this table of people but it continues to suck and isn't helped of course by the iffy but not too bad touch screen.
There would be fans here on ceiling if the power was on. I hope it comes back soon.
0912 breakfast not bad if small. Waiting for coffee urn to refill. Small group of travel friends chagting and they are just a tiny bit smug and annoying. Not even jealousy. Tbh my primary feelings right now are that I am hot and sweaty and for some reason despite being bare my feet itch. Would be nice if power would come back although in reality these fans aren't going to do much.
Bit edgy re volcano and my ability to slog up it but tbh this may be the current physical mood talking.
0916 got a coffee, no milk but had brown sugar in it, splurge. Moved away from group and into a ahadyish area. Hard to pin down the mild annoyance, maybe just jealousy but there is a slightly annoying holier than thou about them, not really fair.
I will have to do the boat soon but it would be nice if power and thus wifi would come back, albeit yes I have plenty of mobile data.
Tbh what may be most annoying about that group which started at 4 and got down to 3 was just the simple fact of them being near me and having to listen to them as I felt hot and unconfortable and slightly edgy about my plans. Yea there was just a tiny hint of smugness about who is a traveller (albeit yes if there really are people buying 500 new outfits just to go to a country and sit on the beach, I might be inclined to agree they are not much of a traveller, but I am not too fusses, and I do generally think of myself as a tourist anyway) but more just the fact I had to listen to their mostly innocuous friend chat was annoying me.
I didn't get a lifejacket in the la cha yesterday by the way. I didn't make a fuss, not everyone had them, and there was probably a loxker full had I got up to try to get one but didn't want to risk losing aeat or bag etc
0932 doing boat booking. I have nothing specific to stay here for, the social event wed is salsa, the hostle is nice and last night was low key good but I don't have the time to linger, whether I do the volcano or not, I can enjoy myself in el Salvador and being back in the country I fly from a few hours by bus from the airport will take a lot of the end of trip stress away.
Not checked accom situation in la union, worst case I just have to push on to some other town. I don't expect serious problem but no point letting this stop the boat booking.
0938 ok boat booking applied for tonorrow, pickup 730, waiting for confirmation amtipn. Wifi is back but the fan here is not on, I suspect it is just not eunnong
0945 confirmation by WhatsApp of boat.
Got a third coffee.
Aha, found switch for near overhead fan. Got to be better than nothing.
1025 booked a room in la union for night of the boat trip. Place ei stayed before was available and was fine and has free cancellation whereas this doesn't, but I figured a) variety b) this place mentiona luggage storage as a facility whereas other doesn't and while I suspec it would be fine this helps keeps things open in terms of volcano.
Just seen a message on booking which I had no idea about from zopilote saying they get lots of false reservations through booking (!?) And that I need to confirm. Well I didn't and luckily it was fine but etc. There are so many messages through booking and I don't think I get email from them or if I so they are uaeleaa. Fuck knows but a bit worrying even if this was fine anyway.
Also messages don't clear as unread reliably on the website making it even easier to ignore the red dot on message count.
1030 fourth coffee. Looking at volcano.
1101 have messaged codeca re Thursday night on volcano. No reply, I may finish this coffee and go out for a frappe and a walk and maybe to get some fucking almost certainly unnecessary passport photocopies mentioned in the small print on the boat booking email and to see if I can find postcard to send home. I can keep an eye on WhatsApp on A06 while out anyway albeit don't want to be writing epic message in street.
1221 back at hostel after popping out, found a atationer doing photocopies, except for tiny glitch understanding price (6 and I thought5 somehow) my Spanish was totally up to the business and it felt quite fluent actually. Since it was so close to hostel I have come back to put copies in bag and lock passport back up in lkcker, double che king I still have the loose nicaragua paper. I also asked if they sold postcards or could recommend somewhere that did and they couldn't. 6 Cordobas for the three, and one less worry. They also had no music on most of time I was in there and just as I was checking passport and loose paper and xopiea before leaving they started to play tren al sur and it made me smile like a loon and I have it in my head now and (not that I was feeling bad) I feel ten times better for no obvious reason at all.
I cannot reserve camping equipment in volcano it is first come first served but will just have to hike up with time t hike down same day at a push. Am seeing i f I can at least reawrvw camping spot which i think i can (otherwise why even say they have availability if nothing is reaservable?) So the volcano is likely going to happen if subject to luck. Going out for expensive cold coffee drinks and a casual wander and a very low key quest for postcards.
1333 back at hostel, having my 2l coke zero. Minor wow life is good buzz when I realised I had this while out. Went and had a frape capuchino at jugoso then ate at pa mi gente, pretty good pollo jalapeno with some rice and a tortilla and some vegetables stuff and a chia juice and it cost 120! Now back here. On way out I also called in at Kaman which a random web search had suggested might have e postcards but they didn't, I went in and asked, and asked I'd they could recommend anywhere which they couldn't. So I guess no postcards. I had seen a post office on map here hence trying but no big deal.
Got reply from volcano people, just need to reply and I guess I am as good as I can be for volcano Thursday.
1358 struggling to find any solid info on the bus to the trailhead but I have asked in my wa message providing details necessary to reserve camping spot and they may provide some or failing that I can perhaps ask accom in la union or wander to some random bua stops when I am there.
I think the realistic worst case here is failure and discomfort and exhaustion, not life changing injury or death.
I feel a bit bloated after the frape and meal.
1459 ok, have done some photo copying chores. I also did a token repack of main bag before the border crossing. Fwiw no obvious oiliness or smell from leakage of shaving oil.
1930 voice typing this semi surreptitiously, I'm sitting on a lounger by the pool at the hostel just because it's mildly private. I've signed up for movie night at 8 apparently. It's the Grand Budapest Hotel, which according to a quick web search isn't too lectury or horror based. Anyway I've, well let's see, well just tonight I've attempted to repack. I'm probably gonna wear my, I've worn flip-flops all day today which conserves socks. Given the beach landing of the boat at the port in Potassee, I'm probably gonna wear flip-flops tomorrow so I think I've managed to squash my shoes into the main bag. Of course it's not fully packed yet but I think I can make it work. That will also conserve socks but it's also practical given the beach landing and the faff of taking the shoes and socks on and off. I'm having a coke while I'm here. So I can't remember exactly where I got up to but let's just let this voice type.
So I think I spent a couple of hours this afternoon after sorting out the volcano camping as best I can, just lying in a hammock and listening to a bit of music and thinking and mulling and blah blah blah. I then sort of about five-ish, half-five. I went out and I had a Granizado at Casa de Cafe, I think it was called, I do have a photo of the place, and then I popped back to the hotel to make sure I hadn't left my bottle of water lying around and then went down to the main square by the Cathedral and had a cafe con leche at Sesteio, which I hadn't been to before, but on the main square and I tried to make a bit of an event of it, that was like 89, made it, it was 98 with the voluntary tip and I made it 100 obviously.
El Sol no regresa played while I was at Sesteo which did make me smile.
So after that I came back trying to feel like, trying to feel it was a memorable night and it sort of was, it did feel kind of nice and a bit sound to be leaving but cool to be here and I came back and I had a shower and I did a surreptitious water only wash at the top for today and today's underwear and I put on the underwear and top that I washed yesterday so there's that and then I settled my bill, checked the coffees three in the morning so I can maybe manage to lubricate the bowels a bit before we leave it should be okay and now I'm waiting for the movie night at eight I'm finishing my coke here there's a few people chatting I feel slightly billy no mates but not a big deal and I'm not too worried about it right now I think we're basically done with that just a random note I think I've got it in a voice message somewhere that I recorded in a fit of emotion on the last night and on my tepi but when I was at Ojo de Agua like you have to go through the children's pool or more or less you do to get to the deeper area which is like you know deeper than my head and there's a there was like a family and a small boy and an even smaller girl and they were playing shark and the little girl is taking it so seriously she's going like "un tiburon! Un Tiburon!" and she's actually getting out of the water as her brother comes near her it was quite sweet and I think I probably said in that message maybe I even wrote about it here I'm not too sure that I have three goes in the thousand swing which was fine sort of cool to be honest what what scared the shit out of me was standing on the platform trying to haul the swing back with the provided stick without falling off even though in reality of course if you fall off it's not that much different than falling off the swing unless you really ended up head first but anyway it was fine at least I had a go at the Ojo de Agua even though it was a bit of a slog over there and I didn't really want to go I did something with that last day I probably got something else I ought to mention but let's just let this voice type
There's a pool here, I think it's a lot like chest deep if you sit in it sort of thing. I haven't been in it, perhaps a tiny bit of a shame, but I haven't desperately wanted to. It seems silly to force it, especially when I don't really want to have my swimming trunks wet to travel with
I've turned the 80% charge limit off on both of the phones so they should charge up to 100% tonight or tomorrow night this is more with a view to the volcano and me not forgetting about it although if they do get charged up more tonight then that's a bit of a bonus for the boat tomorrow although tomorrow shouldn't really be overly demanding on the batteries as I say it's more prep for the volcano day night whatever
I only found out today, way too late, from some casual chat with an RLM that you can apparently go up on the cathedral roof here, you walk barefoot on the dome or something, I think it was far too late for me to go, it would have been hot as hell and rushed and not a pleasure experience, if this really is a thing then obviously I have something to look at next time I'm here, probably will be here and not going to be a deathbed regret if I don't, but just to know, you know, like the volcano hikes I guess in Amatepe, something to do on a future visit perhaps.
Having the final glass of coke from the bottle, yeah, I think it was only when me and one of the guys signed up for movie night as of a few minutes ago, but I'm not doing it for social reasons, the film sounds like it might be okay, it might be mildly memorable in the same way that After Sun always reminds me of Gressia in Costa Rica, not that I see it a lot, but you know, I always think about the two together, and I've got nothing else to do, and you know, it'd probably finish about half ten and I'd go to bed, that's not insane, given the pick up is 7.30pm, and I'm probably I do have this vague feeling there's some gaps from EG having mentioned things in those voice notes and not written them down, but you know, it's all best effort and we're writing down what we can. I think on the whole, while I felt a bit sort of slightly sad and maybe I've not made the most of the time when I was lying in a hammock this afternoon, I think on the whole I have. And this last day I did get stuff organized and I hung around the hostel and felt reasonably comfortable, if not chatty, kind of didn't really want to chat unless that's just me imagining it and telling myself stories. But you know, it's actually been not a bad day and you know, it's good to have a rest between all the kite surfing and the constant early starts and yesterday's travel and tomorrow's travel and the day after that fingers crossed the volcano hike, which is a bit of a mess. But at least it's the kind of mess where I think the worst case is it doesn't happen or it's a bit crappy or whatever. It's not, not too stressful, hopefully, and fingers crossed I can get some good advice from the hostel accommodation. It's not really a hostel, the accommodation when I get there. So we just try and take things as they come. Yeah, I might say more, but that's kind of where we are.
Incidentally the voice typing just seems to automatically shove PM if you dictate a time and don't say anything I have no idea why I guess it's just a quirk of the model so obviously those are not PM times those are AM. I've noticed this before I have occasionally manually patched it up but as a general note if times seem to have a weird PM on them which is utterly wrong or inconsistent that's why it's not me saying PM or when I dictate the time It's just the voice typing shoving it in to be awkward
1954 I haven't had a beer today, I did vaguely toy with it for last night but the coffee was quite a nice cap to it all anyway and I figure this way I should be fresher in the morning and likewise I probably won't drink tonorrow to be fresher for the volcano and then if all goes well I can have a beer the afternoon or evening after the volcano and it will have been a couple of days off and feel a bit more special.
1958 ftr at pizza night at zopilote on sat a song with "life is simple" spoken word (which I found semi inspirational and also semi simplistic) played and just done a web search and it was probably Maesic, Marshall Jefferson & Salom̩ Das РLife Is Simple (Move Your Body). Ii have not
Listened to that yet so it may not be the song. Woman's voice was English and on the middle class southern English side. Iirc.
Am sorry to be leaving nicaragua and for that matter leon and for fhe trip to be coming to a close but as always better to be like this than glad to be leaving.
L
Fsln all over place in nice and I just looked up what it stands for. It is what I had guessed earlier today except the S, which I had assumed was socialista but should in hindsight have been obvious. Also tonight was thinking about the old cia (?) Poster rab dug up when we were at CS with the cartoon of the guy calling in sick to avoid working, which istr was something they produced for nicaragua.
2005 fwiw the group has gone and there are a handful of people sitting around solo and no more.
2049 to be honest I don't think the movie night is going to happen, there's a few people around, some people are talking about a party (evidently not at the hostel), I mean, I don't know whether it's private or what, but anyway, whatever it is, I don't know about it, and I'm not going with an early start even in the unlikely event I could otherwise go, but it doesn't look like they're going to play the film, we certainly haven't started yet, I'm fairly sure I know where it is, because there is a projector in the diningy kind of breakfasty area, it's okay, I feel a bit jittery waiting, and maybe the coke's had a bit of an effect, anyway, we'll see how it goes, and I'll maybe go. in 10-15 minutes if nothing starts. I'm not that tired but I'm not not tired either and there's not much point staying up if I'm not doing anything.
Two girls were saying they ate not going as they've an early shuttle to ometepe.
2055 come to sit in a swingong knitted basket chair like a tiny hammock. Annoying time killing vibe.
There are quite a few people sitting around solo but there is this weird sort of idea which I may just be imagining suggesting people are waiting to go out. Probably just in ny imagination.
2106 I think the very swinging nature of that chair has made me slightly dizzy. I hope I'm not coming down with something I don't think I am. I've moved over somewhere else. There's a lot of people hanging around in small groups. I say I'm not in the mood, I think for some reason I feel oddly left out tonight, which is a bit odd. It really doesn't feel like most of the people around are talking with each other or talking with people they just met. It's all very, like, a couple of friends here and there talking and lots of people hanging around on their own. It's like everyone was out earlier and they've now come back, but I can't really imagine where people would have been out until half an hour ago or whatever. Unless there was some specific event on. I've done a quick web search just for what it's worth about parties in Leon on Tuesday night and I couldn't see anything. Obviously there are some bars with live music. I've got no idea. I don't really think there's even any justification for feeling left out or out of the loop. I think I just feel a bit funny anyway and I probably ought to move to bed soon. As I say, I'm not just making excuses. It honestly feels like I'm imagining shit. It's like there's no obvious socialization I'm even missing out on. Anyway, I'm just waffling now. I'm kind of killing time a bit. I am yawning a little bit. I should probably just go to bed, but it just feels that tiny bit too early. I'm pretty damn sure the film isn't going to be shown a bit annoying, but not a huge deal this time of night. By the time it's finished I'll probably be yawning. Anyway, this is what it is.
2137 ok I was feeling a tiny bit not quite dizzy and headache and I think it wa mostly imaginary or tiredness. I had a packet of elotitos (corn based snack) which maybe helped. I have done teeth. It is cooler out here than in the dorm but i may go to bed. Lots of people sitting around I might guess precisely because it is cooler out and it is not that late I'd you have no early start. A few people chatting but very existing friends in twos or maybe the odd three not at all "we just met" and I think there is no reason for me to feel BNM and I really don't as such, just generally a bit edgy and tired probably because of travel tomorrow and maybe some worry about volcano logistics.
I am going to send this and go to bed and I can always get up if I want but I suspect I may fall asleep pretty quickly.
2140 maybe three or four people heading out but again this is highly compatible with existing groups and lots of solos around and very seriously no reason for me to feel disconnected etc.
Been awake maybe 30 mins? So I probably have had about 9h fairly solid sleep. At least once on waking I was drowsily confused about where I was and whether or when I had a lesson before realising groggily I was in leon.
I think I might get up in a minute. Earlier than I intended but as I say I have had a provably fairly solid sleep and while eg eyes feel a bit watery and I did just yawn I suspect all this is more post sleep/morning stuff than real tiredness.
Bit edgy about booking shuftle and boat and asking about volcano but it is what it is, if I miss out on the volcano or have to swizzle my dates so be it.
Most other people see lm to be up judging by the empty beds.
0806 re last night comment on aaminesa of hostel book collections, I did mean it, but of course they all have variety within them from different books, but there is also something class of their own about the somewhat neglected and introguingly mixed and battered nature of them.
0829 at breakfast. Sitting near some guy but not chatting but it feels ok. At 80 cordobas breakfast feels a decent deal and it is good to not have to go out, I will have breakfast and as much free coffee as I can suck down and then see if I can book the boat and then the volcano. Dithering about the latter but I need to get the boat sorted as it is on critical path whatever o decide or is possible re volcano. And while a slightly longer rest here would be nice I really cannot justify staying til Friday given no Thursday boat unless I am simply forced to by no availability Wednesday.
Using osk for this as not voice typing at this table of people but it continues to suck and isn't helped of course by the iffy but not too bad touch screen.
There would be fans here on ceiling if the power was on. I hope it comes back soon.
0912 breakfast not bad if small. Waiting for coffee urn to refill. Small group of travel friends chagting and they are just a tiny bit smug and annoying. Not even jealousy. Tbh my primary feelings right now are that I am hot and sweaty and for some reason despite being bare my feet itch. Would be nice if power would come back although in reality these fans aren't going to do much.
Bit edgy re volcano and my ability to slog up it but tbh this may be the current physical mood talking.
0916 got a coffee, no milk but had brown sugar in it, splurge. Moved away from group and into a ahadyish area. Hard to pin down the mild annoyance, maybe just jealousy but there is a slightly annoying holier than thou about them, not really fair.
I will have to do the boat soon but it would be nice if power and thus wifi would come back, albeit yes I have plenty of mobile data.
Tbh what may be most annoying about that group which started at 4 and got down to 3 was just the simple fact of them being near me and having to listen to them as I felt hot and unconfortable and slightly edgy about my plans. Yea there was just a tiny hint of smugness about who is a traveller (albeit yes if there really are people buying 500 new outfits just to go to a country and sit on the beach, I might be inclined to agree they are not much of a traveller, but I am not too fusses, and I do generally think of myself as a tourist anyway) but more just the fact I had to listen to their mostly innocuous friend chat was annoying me.
I didn't get a lifejacket in the la cha yesterday by the way. I didn't make a fuss, not everyone had them, and there was probably a loxker full had I got up to try to get one but didn't want to risk losing aeat or bag etc
0932 doing boat booking. I have nothing specific to stay here for, the social event wed is salsa, the hostle is nice and last night was low key good but I don't have the time to linger, whether I do the volcano or not, I can enjoy myself in el Salvador and being back in the country I fly from a few hours by bus from the airport will take a lot of the end of trip stress away.
Not checked accom situation in la union, worst case I just have to push on to some other town. I don't expect serious problem but no point letting this stop the boat booking.
0938 ok boat booking applied for tonorrow, pickup 730, waiting for confirmation amtipn. Wifi is back but the fan here is not on, I suspect it is just not eunnong
0945 confirmation by WhatsApp of boat.
Got a third coffee.
Aha, found switch for near overhead fan. Got to be better than nothing.
1025 booked a room in la union for night of the boat trip. Place ei stayed before was available and was fine and has free cancellation whereas this doesn't, but I figured a) variety b) this place mentiona luggage storage as a facility whereas other doesn't and while I suspec it would be fine this helps keeps things open in terms of volcano.
Just seen a message on booking which I had no idea about from zopilote saying they get lots of false reservations through booking (!?) And that I need to confirm. Well I didn't and luckily it was fine but etc. There are so many messages through booking and I don't think I get email from them or if I so they are uaeleaa. Fuck knows but a bit worrying even if this was fine anyway.
Also messages don't clear as unread reliably on the website making it even easier to ignore the red dot on message count.
1030 fourth coffee. Looking at volcano.
1101 have messaged codeca re Thursday night on volcano. No reply, I may finish this coffee and go out for a frappe and a walk and maybe to get some fucking almost certainly unnecessary passport photocopies mentioned in the small print on the boat booking email and to see if I can find postcard to send home. I can keep an eye on WhatsApp on A06 while out anyway albeit don't want to be writing epic message in street.
1221 back at hostel after popping out, found a atationer doing photocopies, except for tiny glitch understanding price (6 and I thought5 somehow) my Spanish was totally up to the business and it felt quite fluent actually. Since it was so close to hostel I have come back to put copies in bag and lock passport back up in lkcker, double che king I still have the loose nicaragua paper. I also asked if they sold postcards or could recommend somewhere that did and they couldn't. 6 Cordobas for the three, and one less worry. They also had no music on most of time I was in there and just as I was checking passport and loose paper and xopiea before leaving they started to play tren al sur and it made me smile like a loon and I have it in my head now and (not that I was feeling bad) I feel ten times better for no obvious reason at all.
I cannot reserve camping equipment in volcano it is first come first served but will just have to hike up with time t hike down same day at a push. Am seeing i f I can at least reawrvw camping spot which i think i can (otherwise why even say they have availability if nothing is reaservable?) So the volcano is likely going to happen if subject to luck. Going out for expensive cold coffee drinks and a casual wander and a very low key quest for postcards.
1333 back at hostel, having my 2l coke zero. Minor wow life is good buzz when I realised I had this while out. Went and had a frape capuchino at jugoso then ate at pa mi gente, pretty good pollo jalapeno with some rice and a tortilla and some vegetables stuff and a chia juice and it cost 120! Now back here. On way out I also called in at Kaman which a random web search had suggested might have e postcards but they didn't, I went in and asked, and asked I'd they could recommend anywhere which they couldn't. So I guess no postcards. I had seen a post office on map here hence trying but no big deal.
Got reply from volcano people, just need to reply and I guess I am as good as I can be for volcano Thursday.
1358 struggling to find any solid info on the bus to the trailhead but I have asked in my wa message providing details necessary to reserve camping spot and they may provide some or failing that I can perhaps ask accom in la union or wander to some random bua stops when I am there.
I think the realistic worst case here is failure and discomfort and exhaustion, not life changing injury or death.
I feel a bit bloated after the frape and meal.
1459 ok, have done some photo copying chores. I also did a token repack of main bag before the border crossing. Fwiw no obvious oiliness or smell from leakage of shaving oil.
1930 voice typing this semi surreptitiously, I'm sitting on a lounger by the pool at the hostel just because it's mildly private. I've signed up for movie night at 8 apparently. It's the Grand Budapest Hotel, which according to a quick web search isn't too lectury or horror based. Anyway I've, well let's see, well just tonight I've attempted to repack. I'm probably gonna wear my, I've worn flip-flops all day today which conserves socks. Given the beach landing of the boat at the port in Potassee, I'm probably gonna wear flip-flops tomorrow so I think I've managed to squash my shoes into the main bag. Of course it's not fully packed yet but I think I can make it work. That will also conserve socks but it's also practical given the beach landing and the faff of taking the shoes and socks on and off. I'm having a coke while I'm here. So I can't remember exactly where I got up to but let's just let this voice type.
So I think I spent a couple of hours this afternoon after sorting out the volcano camping as best I can, just lying in a hammock and listening to a bit of music and thinking and mulling and blah blah blah. I then sort of about five-ish, half-five. I went out and I had a Granizado at Casa de Cafe, I think it was called, I do have a photo of the place, and then I popped back to the hotel to make sure I hadn't left my bottle of water lying around and then went down to the main square by the Cathedral and had a cafe con leche at Sesteio, which I hadn't been to before, but on the main square and I tried to make a bit of an event of it, that was like 89, made it, it was 98 with the voluntary tip and I made it 100 obviously.
El Sol no regresa played while I was at Sesteo which did make me smile.
So after that I came back trying to feel like, trying to feel it was a memorable night and it sort of was, it did feel kind of nice and a bit sound to be leaving but cool to be here and I came back and I had a shower and I did a surreptitious water only wash at the top for today and today's underwear and I put on the underwear and top that I washed yesterday so there's that and then I settled my bill, checked the coffees three in the morning so I can maybe manage to lubricate the bowels a bit before we leave it should be okay and now I'm waiting for the movie night at eight I'm finishing my coke here there's a few people chatting I feel slightly billy no mates but not a big deal and I'm not too worried about it right now I think we're basically done with that just a random note I think I've got it in a voice message somewhere that I recorded in a fit of emotion on the last night and on my tepi but when I was at Ojo de Agua like you have to go through the children's pool or more or less you do to get to the deeper area which is like you know deeper than my head and there's a there was like a family and a small boy and an even smaller girl and they were playing shark and the little girl is taking it so seriously she's going like "un tiburon! Un Tiburon!" and she's actually getting out of the water as her brother comes near her it was quite sweet and I think I probably said in that message maybe I even wrote about it here I'm not too sure that I have three goes in the thousand swing which was fine sort of cool to be honest what what scared the shit out of me was standing on the platform trying to haul the swing back with the provided stick without falling off even though in reality of course if you fall off it's not that much different than falling off the swing unless you really ended up head first but anyway it was fine at least I had a go at the Ojo de Agua even though it was a bit of a slog over there and I didn't really want to go I did something with that last day I probably got something else I ought to mention but let's just let this voice type
There's a pool here, I think it's a lot like chest deep if you sit in it sort of thing. I haven't been in it, perhaps a tiny bit of a shame, but I haven't desperately wanted to. It seems silly to force it, especially when I don't really want to have my swimming trunks wet to travel with
I've turned the 80% charge limit off on both of the phones so they should charge up to 100% tonight or tomorrow night this is more with a view to the volcano and me not forgetting about it although if they do get charged up more tonight then that's a bit of a bonus for the boat tomorrow although tomorrow shouldn't really be overly demanding on the batteries as I say it's more prep for the volcano day night whatever
I only found out today, way too late, from some casual chat with an RLM that you can apparently go up on the cathedral roof here, you walk barefoot on the dome or something, I think it was far too late for me to go, it would have been hot as hell and rushed and not a pleasure experience, if this really is a thing then obviously I have something to look at next time I'm here, probably will be here and not going to be a deathbed regret if I don't, but just to know, you know, like the volcano hikes I guess in Amatepe, something to do on a future visit perhaps.
Having the final glass of coke from the bottle, yeah, I think it was only when me and one of the guys signed up for movie night as of a few minutes ago, but I'm not doing it for social reasons, the film sounds like it might be okay, it might be mildly memorable in the same way that After Sun always reminds me of Gressia in Costa Rica, not that I see it a lot, but you know, I always think about the two together, and I've got nothing else to do, and you know, it'd probably finish about half ten and I'd go to bed, that's not insane, given the pick up is 7.30pm, and I'm probably I do have this vague feeling there's some gaps from EG having mentioned things in those voice notes and not written them down, but you know, it's all best effort and we're writing down what we can. I think on the whole, while I felt a bit sort of slightly sad and maybe I've not made the most of the time when I was lying in a hammock this afternoon, I think on the whole I have. And this last day I did get stuff organized and I hung around the hostel and felt reasonably comfortable, if not chatty, kind of didn't really want to chat unless that's just me imagining it and telling myself stories. But you know, it's actually been not a bad day and you know, it's good to have a rest between all the kite surfing and the constant early starts and yesterday's travel and tomorrow's travel and the day after that fingers crossed the volcano hike, which is a bit of a mess. But at least it's the kind of mess where I think the worst case is it doesn't happen or it's a bit crappy or whatever. It's not, not too stressful, hopefully, and fingers crossed I can get some good advice from the hostel accommodation. It's not really a hostel, the accommodation when I get there. So we just try and take things as they come. Yeah, I might say more, but that's kind of where we are.
Incidentally the voice typing just seems to automatically shove PM if you dictate a time and don't say anything I have no idea why I guess it's just a quirk of the model so obviously those are not PM times those are AM. I've noticed this before I have occasionally manually patched it up but as a general note if times seem to have a weird PM on them which is utterly wrong or inconsistent that's why it's not me saying PM or when I dictate the time It's just the voice typing shoving it in to be awkward
1954 I haven't had a beer today, I did vaguely toy with it for last night but the coffee was quite a nice cap to it all anyway and I figure this way I should be fresher in the morning and likewise I probably won't drink tonorrow to be fresher for the volcano and then if all goes well I can have a beer the afternoon or evening after the volcano and it will have been a couple of days off and feel a bit more special.
1958 ftr at pizza night at zopilote on sat a song with "life is simple" spoken word (which I found semi inspirational and also semi simplistic) played and just done a web search and it was probably Maesic, Marshall Jefferson & Salom̩ Das РLife Is Simple (Move Your Body). Ii have not
Listened to that yet so it may not be the song. Woman's voice was English and on the middle class southern English side. Iirc.
Am sorry to be leaving nicaragua and for that matter leon and for fhe trip to be coming to a close but as always better to be like this than glad to be leaving.
L
Fsln all over place in nice and I just looked up what it stands for. It is what I had guessed earlier today except the S, which I had assumed was socialista but should in hindsight have been obvious. Also tonight was thinking about the old cia (?) Poster rab dug up when we were at CS with the cartoon of the guy calling in sick to avoid working, which istr was something they produced for nicaragua.
2005 fwiw the group has gone and there are a handful of people sitting around solo and no more.
2049 to be honest I don't think the movie night is going to happen, there's a few people around, some people are talking about a party (evidently not at the hostel), I mean, I don't know whether it's private or what, but anyway, whatever it is, I don't know about it, and I'm not going with an early start even in the unlikely event I could otherwise go, but it doesn't look like they're going to play the film, we certainly haven't started yet, I'm fairly sure I know where it is, because there is a projector in the diningy kind of breakfasty area, it's okay, I feel a bit jittery waiting, and maybe the coke's had a bit of an effect, anyway, we'll see how it goes, and I'll maybe go. in 10-15 minutes if nothing starts. I'm not that tired but I'm not not tired either and there's not much point staying up if I'm not doing anything.
Two girls were saying they ate not going as they've an early shuttle to ometepe.
2055 come to sit in a swingong knitted basket chair like a tiny hammock. Annoying time killing vibe.
There are quite a few people sitting around solo but there is this weird sort of idea which I may just be imagining suggesting people are waiting to go out. Probably just in ny imagination.
2106 I think the very swinging nature of that chair has made me slightly dizzy. I hope I'm not coming down with something I don't think I am. I've moved over somewhere else. There's a lot of people hanging around in small groups. I say I'm not in the mood, I think for some reason I feel oddly left out tonight, which is a bit odd. It really doesn't feel like most of the people around are talking with each other or talking with people they just met. It's all very, like, a couple of friends here and there talking and lots of people hanging around on their own. It's like everyone was out earlier and they've now come back, but I can't really imagine where people would have been out until half an hour ago or whatever. Unless there was some specific event on. I've done a quick web search just for what it's worth about parties in Leon on Tuesday night and I couldn't see anything. Obviously there are some bars with live music. I've got no idea. I don't really think there's even any justification for feeling left out or out of the loop. I think I just feel a bit funny anyway and I probably ought to move to bed soon. As I say, I'm not just making excuses. It honestly feels like I'm imagining shit. It's like there's no obvious socialization I'm even missing out on. Anyway, I'm just waffling now. I'm kind of killing time a bit. I am yawning a little bit. I should probably just go to bed, but it just feels that tiny bit too early. I'm pretty damn sure the film isn't going to be shown a bit annoying, but not a huge deal this time of night. By the time it's finished I'll probably be yawning. Anyway, this is what it is.
2137 ok I was feeling a tiny bit not quite dizzy and headache and I think it wa mostly imaginary or tiredness. I had a packet of elotitos (corn based snack) which maybe helped. I have done teeth. It is cooler out here than in the dorm but i may go to bed. Lots of people sitting around I might guess precisely because it is cooler out and it is not that late I'd you have no early start. A few people chatting but very existing friends in twos or maybe the odd three not at all "we just met" and I think there is no reason for me to feel BNM and I really don't as such, just generally a bit edgy and tired probably because of travel tomorrow and maybe some worry about volcano logistics.
I am going to send this and go to bed and I can always get up if I want but I suspect I may fall asleep pretty quickly.
2140 maybe three or four people heading out but again this is highly compatible with existing groups and lots of solos around and very seriously no reason for me to feel disconnected etc.
No comments:
Post a Comment