After two weeks in Leon. Nicaragua, I continue to be boring and nerdy, but perhaps not as much as my first week. I’ve sampled the local nightlife a couple times and have even had a few conversations with the transient backpackers so my antisocial mood is lifting a bit. I’m still working hard but working and studying all the time gets to be too much and a night out here and there is probably good for my mental health.

Here are my totals after three weeks:

• UK funds: £2490 (about US$3620)
• US funds: $1212 (bank account and Paypal)
• Cash: US$130

I withdrew about $170 from my UK account, spent the $15 that I had left over from last week and have $130 left which means I spent only $55 this week which is pretty good going! I’m actually pretty impressed with myself. Not having to pay accommodation is a huge help and I have been making big dinners to last for a few meals. I even managed a couple of pretty big nights out so I’m really happy with what I ended up spending.

Most of my cash will be gone tomorrow due to Spanish class for the last week. I was supposed to go to today but I’m sick so have postponed until tomorrow so that money will come from week four’s total.

I had a couple of small payments into Paypal and haven’t bought anything web related this week so my Paypal account is going up while my UK account is going down. I started with US$5085 at the start of the month and I have US$4962 right now with a biggish payment pending. My main goal is to earn more than I spend so if I can do that this month I’ll be happy, especially considering the extra cost of the Spanish course that I can cut out next month.

I’m going to try for another cheapie week this week and see where I end up.