Hotel Los Balcones De Leon
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Leon Nicaragua: Volcanoes, Churches & Murals
We left Granada after another trip to the chocolate museum for breakfast - no chocolate crepe this time. We had a 9:00 departure and waited for Andrew to come at the dot of nine. He was cheered when he got on the bus.
We drove to Masaya Volcano. We were able to view the Santiago crater from the rim and see the sulfurous smoke and …
A Lesson In History
Another gigantic day of travel and we finally arrived in Nicaragua. We had heard hairy stories about the Honduras/Nicaraguan border but we transited through very easily.
Unfortunately we arrived in Leon quite late so we didn't get a very good feeling during our orientation walk. Any place in Central America at night can make you feel a …
Colonial
Leon is a revolutionary city and also a student city. It has several Spanish colonial buildings, a lovely basilic "Cathedral of the Asuumption" which we climb up on the roof and from where we had an amazing view of the surroundings. We aslo visited a nearby beach and tried to enjoy the water although there was a very strong curent so we couldn't really swim, just had sand everywhere.
Battling the Black Hill
... many volcanoes, speculation suggests that an eruption or near eruption sparked the move. You can see this site as a tourist attraction, we didn’t.. we elected for far more important activities as described later.
But Leon is not without it’s historical value, quite the opposite in fact, because there’s architecture here from the late 1600‘s. Many of Leon’s churches were built soon after and many of the homes still reflect the ...
The AWESOME volcano trek
... volcano boarding bus. The boys decided to mention that I am supposedly 'sexy' and I was utterly perplexed as they had just seen me look ridiculously disgusting on the top of Telica. Apparently all they saw was my boobs and bum, boys! James was also trying to convice to have a threesome with him and Carlo so they could get their England flag and me my Italian and New Zealand one! He'd also suggested it for the top of the volcano earlier ...
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