Cerro Negro

                This morning we woke up at 630 because we had a long day ahead of us. Today we were going to drive to Lester’s house (the driver) to meet up with the grade 11 students from Sentra De Fe. Then we were going to travel to a volcano in Nicaragua called the Cerro Negro Volcano and we were going to climb to the top of the volcano. After we had finished climbing the volcano we went to a pool to cool off after the long hike in the sun.

                On the way to the volcano we had to take a few different types of transportation to get to the base of the volcano. First we took the van to Lester’s when we had gotten to his place we hoped onto a city bus with the Sentra De Fe students which we were on for just over one hour. In that time we conversed with the students about are families and things that we like to do after school and what we like about Nicaragua. When we were getting near the end of our journey on the bus we thought that we were at the base of the volcano but we still had over an hour to go driving through the back forty. So we got off the bus and hoped into the back of a truck that consisted of bench seats and bars running across the top with an open concept all around you, so that you could embrace the breeze as we drove over an hour in the back of this truck. This ride was not really a ride it was more like 4x4 through the back bushes in Nicaragua. Not all of us had the luxury of sitting on the wood benches but standing and holding on to the bars that held the tarp to the roof. When we had finally gotten to the base of the volcano we were tired form the long ride to the base that not all of us did the trek up the volcano.

                The trek up Cerro Negro was not that long but it was very hot because the whole mountain was covered in black lava rocks from previous explosions. So that made are water supply go down pretty quick by the time we got to the top of the Volcano we were pretty tired but ready to slide down the side of the Volcano some of us used boards with metal sheeting on the bottom, but the majority of us ran down the side of the mountain. This part of today was the best part for most of us. After we all made it back to the truck we washed are dirt filled arms and sat down and ate lunch then we had to make that long trip back down to the bus where we had left it.

                After we had boarded the bus again we were off to a hotel to go swimming in the pool to cool off clean are selves off and to refresh are selves after the long hike. When we got to the pool we were ready to just jump in and embrace the warm water that was awaiting us. After an hour of refreshing are selves we had to get back into the bus and drive to Lester’s place to get into the van and then drive to the Nehemiah center. When we had arrived back home we were ready to devour the food before us. Because we had not eaten since we had descended the Volcano.