Now for more ridiculous moments in Rosario:
1) Recap of our drive up there – 5 team Pi members with packs, 3 matresses, and 8 other people in the back of a pickup truck for a 3 hour trek through the mountains of Nicaragua at night on muddy, uneven roads.
2) Getting sick our first night – After a meal my stomach did not enjoy I was woken at 3am by the urgent need to vomit. Due to being on the wrong side of the bed, and under a mosquito net, I barely made it to the edge to puke all over our floor. So, now I had to navigate myself through the darkness of a courtyard I didnt know which consisted of a growling dog, a creepy cat, and dive bombing bats to find a broom and water to clean. Luckily I was able to find these items and clean our room in the middle of the night.
3) The Bathroom – our bathroom option was an outhouse constructed out of broken wood and metal sheets which surrounded an elevated concrete ¨seat¨. The smell alone produced a lovely gag reflex and the flies swarming made the squatting experience that much more fun. But the ultimate bathroom moment for me was when I was attempting to use it and I heard someone walk to the side of the outhouse. I looked down and through the cracks at the bottom I saw a stream of urine falling to the ground. Thats right, while I was in the bathroom the owner of the house couldnt wait and decided to urinate right next to me.
4) The waterfall – two men from our church wanted to take us up on a hike to a waterfall on sunday afternoon. We were all excited to go but didnt realize the amount of mud we would have to encounter to get there. It was actually quite comical because the entire path up to the waterfall was a giant mudpit and my once off-white shoes are now completely covered. I stepped in the wrong spot pretty much every time and almost lost my shoe to the mud on probably 5 occasions. I have no idea how I didnt slip and fall into the mud (though josh was behind me with a camera waiting for that moment), but luckily it was just my shoes that got covered and not me. And the waterfall and view of the mountains was quite beautiful and defintely worth the potential loss of my shoes.
5) The noises – the sounds of Rosario, or more specifically our house, were ones I hope to never encounter again. At night there would be noises to keep you up for hours. First, our close proximity to our church made it ever so easy for us to have a continual background of the loudest music ever being produced. Next, for some reason during the middle of the nights there would be these outburts of dogs barking. It wouldnt just be one dog, but what sounded like thousands, barking all at once, for long periods of time. Then there was the house parrot, who we named Paco Larry Fred. This was no ordinary parrot, but one with multiple personalities. Paco was the good, quiet parrot, Larry was when he would squack and almost sound like he was producing words, and Fred was the evil parrot who would screech for what seemed like hours at a time. It was probably one of the most annoying sounds we have ever heard. Then to add to the mix were the pigs, chickens, children, and much much more.
But, with all of these ridiculous moments, it just adds up to one eventful and unforgetable weekend.
