It felt strange to leave the island, I kind of felt home on Utila. But somehow I was too curious of what would come next. Well, I'm proud to be a dive master, but there is so much more to see, discover and learn.
First place in Nica was Leon, a nice colonial town. And what to do there? Of course the famous volcano boarding. That was awesome and you could get your speed boarding down there. I wasn't too fast but one of our group broke the record and got on the top five speed list with 85 kmh.
After some great party and the boarding I went on to Granada another beautiful colonial town. Spend a day just relaxing in the courtyard cafes reading my new book. Stieg Larsson books, I'm addicted. Went as well to the islands in the lago Nicaragua to see some local families and their typical life.
Next day I got on the ferry to Isla Ometepe where I met Tine and Jay (Norway and Canada/Australia girls I met on Utila) again. Ometepe is a big volcano island in lago Nicaragua. We went to a hostel in the middle of the forest far away from everything. But nice to relax, go hiking, meet other travelers and party with them.
There are two volcanos and we decided to hike the smaller one, Maderas, which was scheduled with 8h and thats enough hiking for one day. The conditions on top were muddy and slippery because it is always covered with clouds. But we could still get some good views. Just the crater lake at the top was in fog.
The day before we rented some horses and had a nice ride along the beach and to Ojo de Agua. That is a little water place with crystal clear water from the volcano. It was perfect to get a little refreshment. My legs were so heavy after these two days of action, I could hardly walk. ;-)
And Tine and me, we were lucky, at night there was somebody in our dorm and stole her and my bag, the night guard caught him on his way out and brought our stuff back. So lucky, but so creepy as well, none of us heard a thing and woke up while the thief was next to our beds!
And I had a strange kind of allergic reaction and went to the doc who gave me a little sheet of paper with some prescriptions, I should get in the pharmacy, including 4 shots I had to get. But she didn`t tell me how to do it. So I got some huge injection needles and the little vials and should give me the shots myself. Haha, never done this before, aaaahhh help! But all ended up good, cause it turned out that Tine is a doctor and she was happy to help me.
After all this it was nice to go to the beach and relax for a bit! The pacific coast and its beaches around San Juan del Sur are so beautiful! We went to Hermosa and Maderas beach. I tried some surfing again and enjoyed the times with the girls. And we partied every day there, even we didn`t want to. Somehow we couldn`t stay away, hehe!
But that was as well the end of my Nicaragua trip. We split up into several directions from there. Tine went to Mexico, Jay to Panama City and I took the bus to San Jose in Costa Rica. Nicaragua is a great place, it`s so definitely worth a visit!!!
