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| TOMAS AND HIS BROTHERS, TONY AND AXEL |
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| JOYCE, BRIAN, EVELYN AND LOREN WENT FISHING ONE MORNING. EV GOT THE ONLY FISH....IT WAS SO HOT, BRIAN JUMPED IN THE OCEAN FOR A DUNK. BUT THEY HAD FUN DESPITE THE HEAT. |
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| PLAYING TWISTER...WHILE TOMAS READ THE INSTRUCTIONS IN ENGLISH! JOYCE, LOURDES AND AXEL |
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| HAROLD (MAN IN WHITE SHIRT) OFFERED HIS HOUSE OVERNIGHT, TWICE IN MANAGUA WE APPRECIATED HIS HOSPITALITY |
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| LEAVING HAROLD'S TO GO TO CHINANDEGA, WHERE TOMAS FAMILY LIVES ALL BUT ONE JAMMED INTO THE VAN.....BUT WE DID IT! |
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| LOURDES SHOWING ME HER "TABLET".. |
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| LUCIANA AND HER HUSBAND...THEY WERE DARLENE'S HOSTS LAST YEAR |
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| ALL THE LUGGAGE HAD TO BE ON THE ROOF, FASTENED DOWN WITH BUNGEE CHORDS....NO ROOM INSIDE WITH OUR GANG. |
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| OUR MOTEL AND POOL IN CHINENDEGA....STAYED HERE LAST YEAR. |
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| ALL GEARED UP TO GO ZIPLINING |
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| BUS BRINGING US TO THE START OF ZIPLINING TOMAS, LOREN, ANDREA AND BRIAN |
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| MARGIE, JOYCE, ME AND DARLENE |
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| MARGIE TAKING OFF....THE ROUTE WAS TWO MILES LONG, WITH A FEW STATIONS IN BETWEEN, WHERE WE WOULD GET OFF AND START THE NEXT LEG. WE HAD THICK LEATHER GLOVES ON TO HELP SLOW DOWN IF WE WERE GOING TOO FAST BEFORE THE NEXT STATION. WE PULLED DOWN ON THE CABLE TO SLOW DOWN. WE HEARD LOTS OF "YEEHAWING!" NO DANGER OF FALLING, AS WE WERE BUCKLED IN SECURELY. |
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| TOMAS TAKING OFF, GUIDE GIVING HIM A PUSH....WE CHUCKLED AT THIS STATION.....IT WAS A HUGE TRACTOR TIRE WITH ROCKS IN THE MIDDLE.....DARLENE AND JOYCE HERE ALSO |
