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The Environmentalist Movement Guardabarranco of the Department in Granada; received “Companero” Molly Lanigan, who visited various natural spaces in the Mombacho Natural Reserve, where she received Workshops for the Conservation of the Bats of Nicaragua, Among Friends getting to know the various species of the zone, visit to the Tio Antonio Social Center and Choco Museo getting to know the various processes of cocoa in our country.

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In Grenada I had the opportunity for a guided hike around the Mombacho Volcanoe Nature reserve and saw the “Fumaroles” – the steam holes. I learnt about the 3 endemic species present, a salamander, a butterfly, and an orchid, which are only found in the area. Despite being the views being mostly obscured by clouds, it was still an amazing hike which I thoroughly enjoyed especially the ‘Volcano Tunnel’, and would like to do the more challenging hike available in the future. A workshop on Bat conservation was also held, which discussed their current status and the impact that Covid-19 had on their public perception, as well as the current method that they use to track and monitor the different species.

This was followed by an exciting trip around the city of Grenada, where I got some social time to get to know better all this wonderful people who are making this such an amazing adventure.

We then visited the ‘Tio Antonio Social Centre’, which supports and employs members of the deaf community through the cafe and the hand made hammock productions. It is run by a Spanish Man who now lives in Nicaragua. This was an amazing place, filled with information of sign language – including ASL magnets where you could spell your names and infographics on key sign language hand signals. We also had an attempt at weaving the hammocks, they make, although some of us ( especially me) needed more guidance than others! A visit was made to a Chocolate museum, which displayed the Aztec and Mayan history of chocolate and the processes used to make chocolate. Of course, this included a chocolate tasting for different types of chocolates, including chocolate flavoured alcohol which I had never tried before. (And was delicious!)