Laguna de a pollo. Chicken Lagoon.

So, even though Matt thought it was Lagoon of wild chickens running around everywhere, it's really called Laguna de Apoyo (with a y) which we think means supported lagoon as it is supported within the crater of a dormant volcano.

The wild chickens! Run for your life!

What a magical place.

This was my jito for the day. You see dogs everywhere begging for food here. And you see people cussing them, kicking them, or shooing them away. Occasionally you see a Pitbull or Bull Mastiff or German Shepard that actually looks well taken care of. We definitely miss the buddy and our gato loco snooks. Everyday we struggle to re-convince ourselves not to take in one of these guys as we are not permitted to have pets in our casa and also would be torn to leave them behind once we return.

The national bird of Nicaragua - guarda barranca. A sweet chavala (girl) was kind enough to run up to us and tell us it was there because she saw me taking pictures of other birds.

Papaya tree!

Post swim.

I almost thought this pregnant goat was going to charge me once it finished scratching on the fence and jumped down at a foot's distance. Then Matt pointed out it was a male. Ooops, good thing I didn't try and make goat's milk.

A local chavala playing in the pristine, perfect temperature lagoon.