Nicaragua WOOT WOOT

So we are finally here!  Jimmy and I arrived in Managua on the 25th of November.  Stayed one night in the Piramida hotel, owned by a very informative German man. After a simple breakfast of eggs, fried banna, beans n rice we headed North.  After a couple buses and a bit of confusion (and acknowledgment of my need of Spanish lessons) We made it to Los Penitas.  It is a small beach community about 20 minutes outside of Leon.  The beaches here rival Pensacola beach's beauty.  We found a hotel named Playa Roca and dumped our backpacks in the room and headed to the beach for a beer.  I spent the next days relaxing and cruising around with Jimmy checking out some rentals.  I did much more relaxing than Jimmy.  He just can not stop planning and thinking!  After a couple of days networking with people we met, we were able to rent a house!(Much thanks to Jimmy's inability to chill out)  Found a three bedroom place with an awesome yard and were able to move in hours before our friend Iain arrived from Haiti.  It was nice to surprise him with a HOUSE!  He laughed and asked "How long have you two been here?"  Two days later Neesh arrrived from Canada.  We had our first "formal" on site discussion on what exactly we all want out of this adventure.  So here we go!  We have looked at a couple different parcels of land around here close to the coast.  Also, a bit further inland we have checked out some farms!!!  We are thinking, buy a parcel close to the beach, build a modest house there and also find a farm to start our sustainable "community?"  Still have not sorted what to call it.  LOL every time I say community I think Hippy commune.  We are all very flexible so that plan might change.  There have been some promising places, yet not exactly what we want.  So, we are off north tomorrow.  Cloud forest here we come.  We are going to start in Matagalpa then possibly to Esteli.  The land seems more lush and fertile in those areas.  I have discovered a scorpion on my backpack, an iguana on our roof, been stung in the boob by a bee and started a photo series titled "farm animals on the beach!"  Life is good. La vida es buena! Lots of love to everyone and will talk to you soon enough.