PRE TRIP POST

RW Gus here. It's about 12:20 AM Friday morning. First blog of the trip right here. We're heading to the airport in about 25. Flight's around 4AM or so. We're pumped. First time out of the US for me. We're flying on an airline called TACO so hopefully we make it there in one piece. Time for me to practice up on my Spanish on the flight...solomente pequito espanol para me. Be on the lookout for some posts. Adios amigos. -RW GUS



Very excited
To go to Nicaragua
And hang with orphans

Not looking foward to trying to sleep on the the plane, but hey, this trip is supposed to be a sacrifice of sorts. Moral is high but my suntan is low. Hoping that changes soon. - Luca Gus


Well should probably take those malaria pills. I heard that they make you more vulnerable to the sun....hmmm what to do.... malaria or sun burn. Yah I'll go take the pills. Gonna be a long night, we're going to arrive in Nicaragua around 8 a.m. Heard it's about 90 degrees down there, about a 50 degree difference from here, unreal. No sleep for this gus tonight, too much excitement.
-DH gus


I guess I'm the last to go. It's my 5th time on this trip so I'm a veteran compared to these rookies. I don't need any malaria pills and will welcome the suntan that 96 degrees and cloudless skies bring. Having flown TACO airlines (it's really TACA haha) numerous times I think we are going to be okay. We might even get some peanuts on the way down! We depart Dulles at 4 am and will arive in El Salvador around 7:30 ET (Nicaragua is central time so it'll be 6:30 am). We have a short layover before hopping down from San Salvador to Managua, where we should get in around 8:30 or 9 am CT. Looking forward to posting throughout the week!
-A.T. Gus


We will also be posting pictures if we can figure out how to!