This page is for the people who will be coming with BRIDGE Nicaragua during our second trip to Morrito in Januray 2009. We have 9 seats available to people interested in saving the world. You will be required to purchase your own plane tickets and cover your own costs for accommodation. Based on our August trip, it would be crazy if in country costs exceeded $500 for the duration of the trip. We bought our tickets for $565 per person on Aug 23rd. If you want to come, email dreber at sfsu dot edu
Misc
- We should be equipped with activities for the children. (add your activity ideas here)
- Story time with kids books in spanish
- Hide and go seek
- Water fight
- Visit FISE (ethan has been talking with them)
Things to bring:
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
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
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