Hotel Los Balcones De Leon

... couldn´t really carve like on a snowboard,<br>but you went down facing the mountain, kind of going back and forth<br>across the hill. Our guide came down really fast, doing all these fancy<br>turns, and then I realized he hadn´t wanted to give me his board bec he<br>wanted to show off for the hot Nica girl that was on our trip. Men.<br>Since he was so far ahead of Ted and the other girl who snowboarded,<br>however, I asked him if I could take his board and hike up a little to<br>try it ...

Today was a pretty lazy day. We were really tired (read: hungover) this<br>morning, so we just laid out at the pool all day. (In our defense, we<br>did try to go to an art museum, but it was closed.) And ate a lot of<br>food. Including two (well, I ate two) ridiculous hot dogs. A Nica hot<br>dog is no New York hot dog but is really interesting anyways. The<br>actual hot dogs themselves are extremely tiny (and boiled, not grilled)<br>and come enveloped in a giant white bun with an ...

... went when full so over an hour to wait! From there an even longer border crossing, pricey too considering I had only been on the country 2 hours, so used a tricycle taxi. The a minibus to Chinandega by which time it was gone 4pm and I was ready to sample a few local beers &amp; flake out.<br><br>Not before I had run the gauntlet of cashpoint machines - refused to pay **** exchange ...

... I did upon arrival was down a mojito, followed by a litre of Tona beer. I was feeling pretty damn good by dinner time... and kept going till 3am. Poor Suzanne was my babysitter, but I think she was secretely extremely entertained. <br>I awoke the next morning at 7:30 (still drunk), in order to hike up a volcano for volcano boarding...As we sat in the back of the pick up trucks taking us into the reserve, a scratchy radio played ...

... full to capacity and we spent a rather uncomfortable 40 mins getting to managua, with my one foot perched awkwardly resulting in pins and needles and Alan only using one bum cheek to sit. But the transition between minibuses went very smoothly with the driver actually driving right up to the next bus and within 3 minutes our stuff was in the other bus, and we were on it and moving out of Managua. The relief!<br><br>Our bus journey to Leon was not without adventure though ...

Las Peñitas is a nice little fishing village (quaint, if you will) about an hour on the bus from Léon. It was all nice and relaxed, but we came for the surf and the surf wasn't firing, unfortunately - lots of closeouts breaking right onto the beach and strong currents too - a lot of hard work for little reward, far from ideal really. We had a lovely dinner, an early night, a short morning surf and hopped on the bus outta there to continue our search for crankin' waves.<br>

... of the tour with some quick hand motions as if the guide could recite the spiel in her sleep. I was one of the last people down the volcano. After falling off twice I finally got going and ended with a speed of 43 km/hr. The downside was that I opened my mouth (most likely after I fell my second time which included a few rolls down the volcano...) and therefore was coughing up volcano ash the rest of the day. If anyone is doing a live ...

... The main thing to do in Leon for fun was to volcano board, but ill be going sandboarding in Peru so decide to ditch Leon and head off to Granada that afternoon.<br>I boot back to the hostel, say an awkward goodbye to the girls and get a taxi to the chicken bus. Pretty bad way to end things with the two girls, especially as we were planning to meet up again in San Juan del Sur in a few days time, but sh*t happens I guess.<br>I get on the chicken bus and manage to smash my head open on the ...

... they were either scared of my height/braid combo, or wouldn&#8217;t hurt us because we were with the doctor! The walk around the community ended up being really cool, and one of my favorite parts of the trip so far, so I am really glad we didn&#8217;t let a gun scare us haha. I was really surprised by the smallness of the community&#8230; it consisted of a block with 2 streets. I said hola to just about everyone, then decided to actually try and talk to some ...

... too sad to go home. Strange, but, no matter the length of your trip, I think you always mentally prepare yourself. If it's two weeks, you're ready to go home after two weeks. If it's two months, you're ready then. <br><br>Even though I didn't "see" too much of Leon, I really liked the vibe. Kind of reminded me of Xela. At first when you get there, you think-- this place blows! But the vibe is there and you end up really digging it. I think I most appreciated the street life. There ...