Life Doesn't Happen According to Plan

I know, I know. Life doesn't happen according to plan. But often on a day to day level it more or less does for me.  I have more say and flexibility in my life than most. 

This is not how it goes in Nicaragua. Like many places, Nicaragua runs on Nica time, which can be difficult to predict. And an 8am departure changed, for various reasons, into an 11am departure. 

We went to visit a coffee farm and ecotourism hotel up the mountain from Matagalpa. But aside from the late start we got lost, which yielded a great view of some aracaris, but a very late arrival to Finca Esperanza Verde. 

We cane to wrap things up on a recent installation of solar panels, and for me to see a different part of the country and to try out our new impact surveys. 

Finca Esperanza Verde is gorgeous and owner is very nice, in case you are ever in the area. But they are not our standard clients.

View from one of the cabins at Finca Esperanza Verde,
with a view of the panels EOS installed last month.

It's true they are far enough in the country that they do not have access to grid electricity, but they are a business, owned by gringos and serving gringos. The survey I worked so hard on did not apply at all to their situation. 

source: http://www.allaboutbirds.org/

But it was a lovely place to spend some time and spy on some swallow tailed kites. And I was glad to hear how much the owner appreciated her experience with EOS. She suggested she could help organize her Nica neighbors to collaborate to finance panels for the houses in the community, similar to the installation I helped on when we first arrived, up the mountain from La Trinidad. 

This is how things work. We didn't get to visit the biodigestor installations we planned to see. Instead the saw aracaris and planted the seeds for a potential future project. 

And Alvaro, the head of operations in Nicaragua, and I, had a few hours to discuss and dream about the future of EOS. It was a rare opportunity for two busy people to have time to let thoughts meander. 

Here's to unexpected outcomes.