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San Cristobal Volcano. Still smoking.   Very little to report tonight. I’m holed up in Matagalpa, in the cool air of the highlands. Left Jiquilillo yesterday and returned to Leon, along with a couple guests from Rancho Esperanza (Instant Adventurers …

Welcome to Paradise. During my last two days in Leon, I shared my dorm with a Canadian, a German, and a Brit. We hit it off and, when I suggested making for the beach following my volcano boarding adventure, the …

SO MANLY!   As proof that human beings will try anything, I submit for your edification the new phenomenon of volcano boarding. This has already been covered by everyone from CNN to the BBC to Lonely Planet as one of …

  For most of Nicaragua’s history, power was divided between the cities of Leon and Granada. Leon was traditionally the home of the Liberal governments, while Granada was more conservative. A number of fights broke out over the balance of …

Corrinne blows a goodbye kiss from the airport.   Good morning from Nicaragua’s capital. The heat is starting to build and it looks like another scorcher, and I’m still not quite sure where I’m going to go today. Maybe Leon. …

So things came to a bit of a halt upon reaching Esteli. Corrinne got hit with another round of sickness, and so the past three days has just been taking it easy and watching movies. She’s doing a lot better …

Granada is serious about its churches. When Nicaragua’s tourist boom started to crank up around ten years ago, it was Granada that got the most attention. Here was an old colonial city, filled with colorful architecture, a friend to the …

Festival parade through the parque central. Sometimes your timing works out. After writing my last post, Corrinne and I hit the streets of Granada to do some sightseeing. It was market day, and many of the streets were packed. We …

So I think I’m getting better at letting things roll on the unplanned side. A good thing, too, because our plans yesterday went right off the tracks and we had a perfectly lovely time of it. The plan was this—Catch …

Our little slice of Volcano Island Heaven…   Above is the sign for a little finca called La Brisa, which sits on the side of Volcan Maderas on the island of Ometepe. To get here, you take a 90 minute …