El Convento Leon

... you not notice I´m a girl?<br><br>After I realized I couldn´t switch, I began to be terrified about how<br>my board was the ultra fast ultra elite one. All the other sitters went<br>down (going pretty fast!), then it was my turn. I was all ready to<br>rock, having listened to the speeches he had given to the other people<br>and seeing everybody else survive. But, nope, I got a special speech.<br>Homeboy told me that this board was incredibly fast and incredibly<br>dangerous and that he ...

Usual melee at the bus station to get just one taxi driver to take me to town for a fair price - goes against the grain to use them but so cheap here even the locals use them - $1 to get across town door to door - would be silly not to!<br><br>According to the bible (LP) there is a Carnaval of Legends &amp; Myths here tomorrow - wrong! - not until 25th Nov as I eventually discovered by turning up at the museum of that name, delighfully set in the ...

... Sunday afternoon activity. There are also a variety of other locations around the area, varying from other small locations such as this, up to ´professional´ arenas, where the bets go up as high as $7500 US dollars. <br><br>For me, the afternoon confirmed that I´m not a fan of fighting any animals for sport, but it was definately an interesting experience. As we´ve found in many places lately, the people were friendly and accepting, and nobody ...

... not feeling well with a high temperature and the trots (yes again!) and I feared that he would not be able to go on this little adventure, luckily however, his fever broke on Thursday evening and we were onboard the truck to Volcan Cerro Negro early on Friday morning. A bumpy ride out to the volcanoes took about an hour and before we knew it we were being handed our little orange bags which contained our overalls and were also given our boards. <br><br>Volcan Cerro ...

... and I got dressed up to go have a nice steak dinner for his birthday. We had the nicest dinner we've had yet on this trip in a beautiful old hotel. Then we came back to hostel to enjoy a few Mojitos before heading off to bed. I think Devin enjoyed his birthday... it was defiantly a full weekend.<br><br>Tomorrow we are heading south with a friend from our Volcano boarding experience. He is from LA and he will be hitching a ride down with us to the Isla.<br>

After a long bus ride from Guate I got into Managua on the 28th and only stayed a night after I was unsatisfied simmilarly to the way I was in Guate. Managua was hit by a huge earthwake a while ago (lets say at least 50 years ago, i think) and thus has no central plaza area. The guidebook described iit as being spread out and full of shopping malls instead of plazas. From what I could see in my limited time there I would say this could not ...

... again, but what a wrong impression, as things will go decididly pear shaped that night for no real reason.<br>We eventually make it to the capital of Honduras, only to find the highway blocked by a protest which keeps us there for 5 hours. I walked up the highway through the parked cars and took some sneaky photos, probably not the smartest thing to do, but I never said I was a smart man!<br>Finally the bus gets going again and we cross the border at night, something I´ve been told never to ...

... tour of the history and the revolution in Leon, a central location during the Sandinista takeover and anti-Somocismo. Wasn´t great, but saw some stuff I wouldn´t have otherwise seen. Quickly ran through the Ruben Dario museum too (to quickly). Dario is the national poet and famed throughout Latin America. Seriously, the guy´s everywhere here, on monuments, memorialized through parks and all sort of stuff. Ohhh, and I took in a small museum run by ex-Sandinista guerrillas, which was ...

... pain. Wake up<br>to sound of the ocean and decide to grab some dinner. Cookie and Max,<br>the hotel's handyman and all around great guy, are hanging out so the 3<br>of us decide to have some food. Have fresh red snapper in ranchera<br>sauce and it's amazing.<br>Some beers and great conversation with Max and Cookie make for a great evening. I think I'll call it a night.<br><br>Part 3 later.....

After our climb on the San Cristóbal volcano we feel the need to give rest to our dear muscles, so we choose for a 'slow-action' day: we plan to visit Chinandega and northwards via El Congo to explore the region of the Golfo de Fonseca in the very northwest of Nicaragua. <br>As we read in the guidebook the road from Chinadega till El Congo is paved, but the road ahead is in moderate to bad condition (earth and ...