All by myself now… After a quick stay in Honduras capital Tegucigalpa, I made my way to Nicaragua. Or - the country where you can do pretty much anything, like VOLCANO BOARDING. Staying in the really nice city Leon, I took the chance and went on a volcano boarding tour. Right, active volcano, next to Leon, no lava though. After walking up the volcano, we had to listen to some instructions as volcano boarding is not as easy as it seems. Basically, you sit on a board, dressed like a Dutch clown (orange suits and glasses for the protection) and try not to break hard with your feet, otherwise you fall. Speed record is 68km/h, I surely didnt break that one as I fell twice. And - you should keep your mouth shut and avoid to scream, otherwise you end up like me with a mouth full of volcano stones.

Next stop was Granada, the oldest colonial city in Central America, really pretty. Granada is right next to Lago de Nicaragua and surrounded by volcanos. I went on a tour to the Isletas, about 350 tiny islands right in front of the city, the results from a volcano eruption 10000 years ago. Most of these islands are for sale, starting from 25.000 US up to 250.000 US. One of them is the home of 5 spider monkeys where all the touri boats stop by. So did we. While having a stop at a nearby island later on, I swam to Monkey Island and visited the monkeys again, sitting in front of them in the shallow water while we were staring at each other and became friends.

Check out the photos of Leon & Granada - I am actually already 2 steps ahead, now in San Juan after 2 days of surfing at Playa Maderas, heading to Isla de Ometepe now. I will upload more fotos the next time. Cheers!