We left the Pacific coast to return near the Lake Nicaragua in Granada. A nice town, very charming, colorful and clean. Looks like everything is a little artificial and made to attract tourists but we liked the place anyway.

We spent the day getting lost in the streets of the city, nights are tough here, the heat was such that it feels like hell…

After 2 days in Granada, we took a public bus to get to Leon. A city much bigger and much less interesting than Granada, but with some beautiful churches and some pretty colorful houses.

Anyway, the purpose of our visit here is to try Volcano Boarding! A wooden board developed for this special and unique sport, on a active volcano, the Cerro Negro. Volcano Boarding was invented in Leon about ten years ago and it is the only place in the world where it is possible to practice this crazy sport.
After 45min truck through the countryside and 1 hour walk to reach the top of the volcano, we could enjoy some beautiful views of this volcanic region.

Let’s go for less than 2min of crazy sliding down!

Alexis did 42km/h and Carol 39km/h, it seems slow, but believe us, lying on a board to the ground, the sensation of speed is impressive! The record of the day was 70km/h, held by an American girl, but the record to beat was 90 km/h!
This is our last day in Nicaragua, we enjoyed our last afternoon at the swimming pool of our quiet hostel. We definitely loved this country.