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July 25 – Project Presentations and trip to Masaya Volcano

July 26, 2013

The fumes were so heavy today that it was not possible to see the rock bottom of the crater.
The fumes were so heavy today that it was not possible to see the rock bottom of the crater.

This morning half the students gave informal 10-minute presentations on a topic they chose before leaving for their service assignments.  When the work was finished, we had lunch together, celebrated some July birthdays, and then headed to the Masaya volcano for sight-seeing.  During the rainy season the volcano emits a constant cloud of steam with some acrid fumes.  After six weeks apart, the students had a good afternoon enjoying each others company.

Aaron’s project was on artisans from Laguna de Apoyo and alternatives for sustainable materials.
Caleb – Health Education and dengue
Josh – Education in Nicaragua and stories of people’s experiences.
Jordan – Directions that education is moving in Nicaragua, and some extreme opinions.
Olivia – Health practices at the San Onofre Health Center
Benson – comparing opinions of Catholics and evangelical Protestants in San Onofre and their images of heaven.
Becky – Generational differences in musical tastes in Nicaragua.
Ali – Health brigades compared from the 1980s and now.
Aaron – Comparing organic and non-organic coffee farming.
Fortunately the wind carries the fumes away from the parking lot.
The volcano rim is all lava and ash.
The first Spanish conquistadores to come here had put a (different) cross on the hill because they believed this was the gate to hell.
Benson expresses his opinion for a new cologne that would smell like sulfurous volcanic fumes.
A vantage point offering views into the crater.
The fumes were so heavy today that it was not possible to see the rock bottom of the crater.
Looking away from the crater overlooks a giant lava field.
We’ve tried asking them to be serious.
In the volcano museum Josh, Becky and Maria were telling science jokes.
Caleb indicates with his thumbs what he has learned about the direction that volcano smoke moves.
Maria Schirch gives a strong sales pitch for getting a minor or major in Spanish.