Last meeting recap and carpool details

Thanks to everyone for coming to Monday's meeting!

I have been sending out emails to certain travelers about some of the things that still need to be turned in.  Thank you for taking care of these requirements quickly as we are only a month away!  If you have questions about what is still needed of you, please ask.

The car pool will meet in the front parking lot at Frontier.  Our flight departs 7/20 at 7:02am in Hartford, and it is recommended to be at least 2 hours early for international flights.  This means arriving at the airport by 5:00am which means meeting at Frontier at 4:00am!

We have more than enough seats for 13 travelers:
Brian Sullivan -- 3 seats plus space for bags
Pat Falla -- 4 seats
Carol Pelis -- 3 seats plus space for bags
Satu Zoller -- 5 seats (drop off only!)
Mike Robinson -- 4 seats
Megan Desmarais -- 5 seats (pick up only!)

I will send out email reminders closer to our travel date with contact info for our car pool drivers.


I just got Amped T-shirts for all of the volunteers today.  I'll bring them when we meet to car pool!

July Trip Basic Itinerary

Day 1 (July 20): Arrive in Nicaragua, head to Granada and settle in at the hostel, then Amped staff will give a short orientation and the group will go out to dinner.

Day 2 (July 21): Walking tour of Pantanal in the morning, then the group will start their volunteer project (as of now we're not 100% sure what that will be, but there will be a mix of construction-type work and interaction with Nicaraguan students). The group will go out to dinner again in Granada.

Day 3 (July 22): Volunteering, then dinner at the Amped house aka Casa Roja.

Day 4 (July 23): Volunteering, then a boat tour of Lake Nicaragua and dinner either on the lake or in Granada. 

Day 5 (July 24): Volunteering, then people can choose to go on an optional ziplining excursion, or they can just hang out at the hostel. Dinner at Casa Roja.

Day 6 (July 25): Last day of volunteering, then the group will head to Masaya Volcano and Coyotepe in the afternoon. Dinner in Granada, then everyone should pack up to leave Granada in the morning.

Day 7(July 26): Leave the hostel in Granada early, and spend the day at Apoyo Lagoon. In the afternoon, the group will head south to a beach house on the Pacific Coast. 

Day 8 (July 27): Pacific Coast

Day 9 (July 28): Pacific Coast (pack up to leave for the airport early the next morning).

Day 10 (July 29): Group will leave the beach around 7am for the airport.

July 20-29 Group Meeting Monday 6/15 6pm

Hey Travelers!

Let's plan on meeting Monday 6/15 at 6pm in my room at Frontier to go over final travel details and some itinerary items.  We need to talk about planning transportation to and from the airport.  I can also answer any last minute questions and even go over packing lists!

Things to think about this month:
Vaccines?
Passports!
Paying the balance owed to Amped.

If you have any conflicts, let me know.