La Centroamerica, and family

I have posted stories and information about various things that have happened on my trip so far, but I haven't put up any photos yet of basic details from my life! So here is a quick tour of my neighborhood, la Centroamerica, and photos of my host family.

Home sweet second home!

One of my favorite things about my neighborhood: I walk past this huge tree growing in the middle of a residential street every day on my way to the bus stop. In the States something like this would have been cut down long ago, but here it serves as a shady point of reference for all of the relative directions that people use (two blocks north of the tree, half a block west). And it's beautiful!

Trees like this with dangling roots/branches are very common in Nicaragua. This one is a few blocks from my house.

This is my Abuelita Nica, Naty, dancing a traditional Nicaraguan folk dance for my friend Amalia's 21st birthday. 

And this is my host sister Xochilt, left, and host mom Irene, right!