Esteli, in pictures!

Making the cake. She might have gone a little overboard with the icing and decoration...

Our box wasn't quite big enough. Will it be sufficient to protect all that icing?

Turns out it wasn't...booo. Although, with a little help it may be presentable:

Yay! It looks nice. Although the bought one may win in terms of absolute beauty, ours certainly has more substance and a good story

Esteli is a hilly place. These cobble-ish streets are the mainstay of all towns here in Nica. They are laid and leveled by hand-it really is impressive to think that all these roads have been placed one block at a time.

The house where I stayed. The blue and green part is the new part built by one of the Dona's sons and then the wooden structure behind is the heart of the house - the kitchin, general hang out space and the room of the Dona and her husband.

Nicaragua is a beautiful place in the morning! I have seen more sunrises in the last month than I have in my entire life.

It was a long busride but at least the vistas were lovely.

The reason the 45km trip takes 3.5 hours...and this part of the road is good!