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Leon Slideshow
Leon
Travel Blogs from Leon, Nicaragua
NICARAGUA part1, Leon
... , and roads were being blocked on a massive scale, but we managesd to get to our first stop ok the picturesque colonial town of Leon. Nicaragua is so hot that you sweat just from sneazing! I couldnt believe it when the cheap hostel i chose had a ...
Full Moon Volcano Hike
... how bout that truck that we rode in on the way here, where did ya put it? By the time we got back to Leon, settled, had dinner, still didn't sleep, went to the internet, every little glitch I encountered at the internet (computer isn't working, no ...
Christmas Eve and Christmas Day in the Sun
So, we spent two days travelling on chicken buses across Honduras to Leon, Nicaragua just in time for Christmas. We left Utila by catamaran ferry and spent the first day travelling to Comayagua, the capital of Honduras for 350 years. We were happy that ...
Day 16, 17: Leon
Mel and i spent the last 2 days in Leon, Nicaragua. Leon is a traditionally liberal city with statues and memorials to the Sandanista revolution all over town. (And graffitied in the main square is ¨Genocidal Bush: Death to the Imperial Invader¨... ...
Lovely Leon
Back in the heat, we relunctantly left the beach to in search of better waves. Now we are in Leon, a hot hot hot city! There are supposedly protests here from the disputed election results, but so far we we have just experienced peaceful, ...
We hiked an active volcano!
We were picked up this morning at 5:30 AM and headed over to the base of Telica volcano. We were on a 4x4, tall truck, needed becau the rocks on the road were enormous. We started to hike just before 7:00 AM and hiked through thin volcanic sand/ash and ...
Lazybones in Leon
... to the main beach after the tour, it was crawling with people, drinking and having a good time. Apparently, Christmas Day in Nicaragua is like Spring Break in the U.S. I love Nicaragua. Oh yeah, I also visited the Fundacion Ortiz Gurdian, which ...
Wij vs. vulkaan Momotombo (1260m)
... ze zelfs stoofvlees met friet! Sevens vertrekken we op een spannende 2-daagse trektocht naar de top van de moeilijkste vulkaan van Nicaragua!! Zweet, bloed en tranen zal het ons kosten maar het uitzicht zal magnifiek zijn! We houden jullie op de hoogte ...
no more buses for at least a few days
So after pretty much lviing on the bus the past month or at least it feels like it i just arrived in leon and im not taking a bus until i slide down a volcano, lucky theres a volcano near by... So last night i said good bye to my newly made friends and ...
Volcano surfing on Cerro Negro
... steep black sand and shale slopes, Silvio, our sandboarding instructor explained how it last erupted in 1999, for two days, covering not just Leon but Mangua and beyond, in a layer of ash (evidence of which Roberto had pointed out to us on the roofs of ...
OK, we totally abandoned the blog....
... I get around to it I will write the details. We are in Leon right now. This is our second stop in Nicaragua. Leon is a colonial town, which means that most of the buildings around us are historic and there are plenty of churches around. ...
Near-Death Experiences in Leon
... he mentioned he had a moto. I said that I love motorcycle riding in the States, and would love to do it here in Nicaragua, too. "¿Cuando?" "Ahora." "¿Ahorita?" "Si." "¿Claro?" "¿Por que no?" I did a mental inventory of what I had ...
Heading North
... 't worried, i'm sure the aero engineers knew what they were doing! Hired a car and headed north to the supposed beautiful colonial town of Leon. Turned out to be a bit of a slum with a couple of old churches. We found a seedy hotel, fine by me but Emma ...
Border crossing
... hard as I got out. I saw Carlos wince before he drove away laughing and shaking his head. I'd decided to do the Honduras - Nicaragua border crossing on my own rather than booking a tourist shuttle service to hold my hand, as I did when entering Guatemala ...
Lavatastic Telica
... With super affable Anry of Mas Adventures as our guide, we set off on an overnight expedition to Volcán Telica, another of Nicaragua's most active volcanoes, about 12km outside of León. Telica has six cones, the tallest of which is 1061 meters high ...
Shredding The (Volcanic) Gnar
... to come, of course. It took us about an hour to get to Cerro Negro (Black Hill), the youngest and most active volcano in Nicaragua. We drove past fields of yucca, peanuts, corn, and soybeans, as well as some of the poorest houses we´ve seen. There were ...
Leon, Nicaragua
... was spectacular. We have been told to prepare for a lengthy border crossing both on exiting Honduras but more importantly entering Nicaragua. Luckily we had a nice customs man and the whole thing took 1 hour but we all found the heat incredible. We ...
Leon
heritage of the Spanish conquerors
... Zaterdagochtend, na het lekkere ontbijt (deze keer koos ik voor de heerlijke pannekoekjes), gaat het richting León. Nicaragua's universiteitstad is van oudsher het intellectuele en welvarende centrum van het land. In tegenstelling tot Chinandega is ...
Glided through the clouds!
... 'back the sky cleared. still it was and experience and worth 15quid! today i´m off to Grana da then to lago Nicaragua. It looks like i´ll be buying a fl ...
Best of the border crossings, craters and bats...
... all good people, just trying to earn a few quid. After escaping across the border in one piece, our first impressions of Nicaragua were good. The people here are happy and smile alot. From the minute you cross the border you sadly see the poverty ...
Una Semana en Leon por Escuela de Español
... people have lived a very tough life, but proudly share there stories of hardships with those who are interested in listening. Nicaragua is a country that I have fallen in love with as it has so much history and hardships, but the people manage to find a ...
cam
... tuk to the very unspectacular ruins of Leon Viejo in the village of Puerto Momotombo on shores of Lago Cocibolca ( Lake Nicaragua). The setting, with all overshadowed by Volcano Momotombo, was more impressive. Had a booluda dia - attempted to get to ...
Happy 30th Birthday Steve!
... ; Previously on our trip it has been a case of pushing the beds together due to it being illegal to be gay in Nicaragua (the only Central American country in which this is the case), but this was our first proper backpackers and the local guy must ...
Hauling ass over three countries in three days
... The bus station did turn out to be full. Well, busy. I jumped in the queue and got the third micro bus to Leon twenty minutes later. One hour later my journey was over. Best of all, I don't have any buses to catch tomorrow. ...
On the love of the taxi driver honk.
... away.) Hand made chocolate is definately the best and if you don´t agree you are wrong. Tomorrow i´m leaving Leon and Quetzaltrekkers and heading East to Esteli. QT has been a good experience but i´m getting very restless being a ...
Momotombo Volcano - Conquered!
... trees. We rested and admired the view back down toward Leon, with Managua shining brightly on the other side of the huge Lake Nicaragua. Covered in sweat and sitting in the dark, we ate and drank and prepared for the hard part of the climb. From here up, ...