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Misc Trip Plans

• do preliminary inventory of water; get gps and altimeter data for existing wells, surface water sources, possible tank locations
• Obtain topo map
• go horse back riding with eda
• can the old phone line be fixed for internet?
• Investigate potential feedstocks for biodiesel
• Work on BRIDGE anthem
• Make contact with someone in town who checks their email to be a message person
• Make contact with the peace corps volunteer in the adjacent town
• develop briefing/orientation document for future volunteers to read before the come on one of our trips

Do some fun activitie with the kids

• Story time with kids books in spanish
• Hide and go seek
• Water fight
• Take a video of them playing and let them watch it

Work on library project

• Draw good map of site
• Interview foremen
• Draw up list of books
• Discuss construction documents with fise

perform needs assessment survey in several towns

• what problems do Morritans face?
• Why are people sufering from lung caner? Do women suffer more? Is it from chemical exposure or indoor smoke?
• what diseases are common? Which cause the most troubble?
• what is the leading cause of death

Make 6 two minute videos showing what life is like in Morrito

• The food of Morrito
• How to grow corn in Morrito
• Interview Vital Medina
• Water issues
• Womens issues
• Day in the life of a Morritan
• Education issues
• History of Morrito
• Waste disposal

Things to bring:

Before you leave

• Make photocopies of your passport. Give one to your family, one to the US Embassy in Nicaragua and hide one in your luggage.
• Have some $1's to tip people at the airport with.
• Hide $100 in your luggage somewhere.

Essential Things - if you leave N. America without these things, life will be miserable

• Passport
• ATM card
• Printout of airline ticket information and confirmation number
• List of nicaraguan contacts
• The To-Do list at the top of this page

Day Bag

• One liter Water Bottle
• Guidebook
• Phrasebook/dictionary
• Notebook, tape and pen for taking notes and getting contact info
• Something to read (book/magazine/etc)
• Nicaraguan cell phone
• Business cards with your contact information

Cloths Bag

• 2/3 tee shirts
• 4/5 underwear
• 6 pair socks
• 1 pants
• 1 shorts
• If you plan to be doing any construction work, bring construction cloths
• Thin rain jacket/poncho - we will be traveling during the dry season so you can probably skip this
• 0 sweaters/blankets - Nicaragua is 11 deg north of the equator, it is always hot

Electronics Bag

• Flash Drive
• Cameras
• Laptop
• Flashlight
• Chargers for cameras, laptops, cell phones, etc

Toiletry bag - Remember to use 3oz bottles

• Toothbrush/Toothpaste/floss
• Sunschreen/Bug repellant
• Iodine tablets - in the event you end up somewhere without gringo friendly water
• Soap/Shampoo
• Emergency toilet paper - for some reason, some percentage of nicaraguan bathrooms come sans toilet paper
• Pepto Bismal
• Cippero
• Thermo-rest Backpackers matress
• Water Filter

Gifts

• Post cards of your home town
• Marbles
• Tops
• Sport equipment

I use a bunch of small plastic bags to keep everything seperate inside of my duffel bag/back pack

Try to use no more than 2 backpack sized bags to hold all of this stuff. This is the max amount for carry on, and can help you avoid problems with lost luggage