Today we did volcano boarding in Leon. What is this you may ask? It's basically sliding down an active volcano on a makeshift sled made out of a plastic pipe, sheer metal, ply wood, and a 2x4. As we walked about the volcano we were experiencing 70mph winds with even higher gusts we all felt like we were gonna fall down and lose our edge. Scary! I have tons of pictures and video for this one.
There was also a point where u can touch a portion of the volcano to feel the natural temperature heat up , a pretty cool experience . We slid down around sunset and we are in the back of a truck now going back to the hostel. Our tour guide was talking a lot of smack about how good he is at volcano boarding. Sure enough he wiped out at the end and I got it on my gopro .
We leave tomorrow at 1pm to Miami for New Year's Eve.
Sunday, December 30, 2012
Saturday, December 29, 2012
Tree house
Last night we went to a full moon party in a tree house 30 min outside of Grenada. Getting there was like The Beach the movie, you needed to walk in the middle of no where through a soccer field, a farm, bamboo field etc. The party was not far from epic . Also, there were So many Monkeys in the trees it was pretty awesome . Took a ton or pictures . This AM we woke up and took a cab to Leon. We are here for 2 nights. Currently a cat is eating Steve's panini.
We are going volcano boarding tomorrow afternoon . Staying at a hostel called Big Foot.
Good times ahead
We are going volcano boarding tomorrow afternoon . Staying at a hostel called Big Foot.
Good times ahead
Thursday, December 27, 2012
Monkey on a boat
Today we took a little boat excursion around the islands of Grenada and a monkey came into our boat. Steve fed the monkey and we saw some private villages with Nicaraguan families living there year round . I started feeling better as the afternoon went on. Tyler met us around 5pm for dinner and drinks. We tried goin out but the night life kind of sucks here.
In other news I was propositioned by a Nicaraguan prostitute for $30. I gracefully declined.
Tomorrow we are going to go to a hostel called the Tree House where they have a full moon party of their own. not really as cray as the Thailand one but we haven't seen too many parties here since our trip started so anything is better than what we have seen so far .
In other news I was propositioned by a Nicaraguan prostitute for $30. I gracefully declined.
Tomorrow we are going to go to a hostel called the Tree House where they have a full moon party of their own. not really as cray as the Thailand one but we haven't seen too many parties here since our trip started so anything is better than what we have seen so far .
Sulfur dioxide doesn't sit well
We had an awesome tour of the masaya volcano yesterday which included a tour of a lava cave, a look inside the craters that have sulfer dioxide smoke consistently coming out. The wind always blows one way so that it's easy to see without inhaling the gases or they provide gas masks to help filter the smoke . In the lava cave, our tour guide gave us an up-close look at some bats, I Should do work for discovery channel, my photo skills and video skills are ridic .
At the end of the tour it's dark enough that when you look into the crater at Masaya you can actually see lava .
We got to the point where you can look on and all of the sulfur dioxide gases started comin in our direction and we all couldn't breath and covering out mouths with our shirts. We only had time for a quick few seconds to see the lava bc the gasses were too intense. We felt a little headache after but we are all fine now. Except I am starting to feel a little sick today like a bug, I need Pepto , it wouldn't be a overseas trip without this experience obv.
Last night we tried goin out after dinner I wasn't feeling so hot after so that's when the Pepto comes in. We went out anyway and we found a karaoke bar with all locals .
I had to sing BesaMe Mucho for novelty sake but they immediately switched it up to the English version after they realized I don't know the full tune without background music.
Today we are doin a tour of the small islands around Grenada where we will be interacting with monkeys and touring some local villages.
Monkey see monkey do.
At the end of the tour it's dark enough that when you look into the crater at Masaya you can actually see lava .
We got to the point where you can look on and all of the sulfur dioxide gases started comin in our direction and we all couldn't breath and covering out mouths with our shirts. We only had time for a quick few seconds to see the lava bc the gasses were too intense. We felt a little headache after but we are all fine now. Except I am starting to feel a little sick today like a bug, I need Pepto , it wouldn't be a overseas trip without this experience obv.
Last night we tried goin out after dinner I wasn't feeling so hot after so that's when the Pepto comes in. We went out anyway and we found a karaoke bar with all locals .
I had to sing BesaMe Mucho for novelty sake but they immediately switched it up to the English version after they realized I don't know the full tune without background music.
Today we are doin a tour of the small islands around Grenada where we will be interacting with monkeys and touring some local villages.
Monkey see monkey do.
Wednesday, December 26, 2012
10 hour hike- volcano Maderas
It was 1,394 meters from ground to peak and 6km walking up from starting point.
We left at 8am, it took about 4.15 hours to get up to the top , we hired a guide for 15 dollar who spoke zero English and brought his dog named Big Boy. Me and Wolff went, Steve stayed back . I fell 5 times along the way. Win. After the first hour of track it begins to get really muddy which he didn't prepare for. At the very top it looked like a river in a forest which was surrounded by large rocks and trees 360 degrees around. We are basically inside the volcano , obviously inactive but still Pretty cool for Xmas day. There was a section where if you put your feet into the mud near the lake you instantly sink down to your knees. I had the gopro camera with me so we used it for most of the trek up and then put it on Big Boy and he was running around a bit. It took like forever to get back down, about 4.5 hours . My palms were sweaty , knees weak, arms heavy. Mom's spaghetti
We left at 8am, it took about 4.15 hours to get up to the top , we hired a guide for 15 dollar who spoke zero English and brought his dog named Big Boy. Me and Wolff went, Steve stayed back . I fell 5 times along the way. Win. After the first hour of track it begins to get really muddy which he didn't prepare for. At the very top it looked like a river in a forest which was surrounded by large rocks and trees 360 degrees around. We are basically inside the volcano , obviously inactive but still Pretty cool for Xmas day. There was a section where if you put your feet into the mud near the lake you instantly sink down to your knees. I had the gopro camera with me so we used it for most of the trek up and then put it on Big Boy and he was running around a bit. It took like forever to get back down, about 4.5 hours . My palms were sweaty , knees weak, arms heavy. Mom's spaghetti
Monday, December 24, 2012
No icecream for Steve today
1st day on the trip Steve didn't have Ice cream.
We are now in ometepe Nicaragua and there is absolutely nothing going on at 745pm. We are going to hike up the volcano tomorrow at 7am, 8 hour hike and about 1300 Meters in height. It's called volcano Maderas . The active volcano is called Conception . It is very quiet here but the scenery is really nice w the volcanos. Prices here are about 2-3 dollars a meal and It was about 8-10 in Costa Rica just to put things into perspective.
We needed to take a cab at 7am from tamarindo to the border . It was so shady crossing. I have some cool videos of it but Wolff almost wasn't allowed over bc his passport is goin to expire in 6 months.
Once we got over we had a 19 year old taxi driver take us to a place called Little Morgan's , previously on dateline NBC's To Catch a Predator. Actually it was a cool hostel we heard about through this Ozzie girl from tamarindo we met. Once we arrived we saw a little "closed" sign, kind of like a seen out of Wally's World. We needed to pull an audible after 7 hours of traveling and drive up the road to another place recommended by the place that was closed. We called them up and they said they were full but they recommended another place down the road called Hotel Istiam.
So humid is here , but excited for our hike tomorrow for Christmas Day.
We are now in ometepe Nicaragua and there is absolutely nothing going on at 745pm. We are going to hike up the volcano tomorrow at 7am, 8 hour hike and about 1300 Meters in height. It's called volcano Maderas . The active volcano is called Conception . It is very quiet here but the scenery is really nice w the volcanos. Prices here are about 2-3 dollars a meal and It was about 8-10 in Costa Rica just to put things into perspective.
We needed to take a cab at 7am from tamarindo to the border . It was so shady crossing. I have some cool videos of it but Wolff almost wasn't allowed over bc his passport is goin to expire in 6 months.
Once we got over we had a 19 year old taxi driver take us to a place called Little Morgan's , previously on dateline NBC's To Catch a Predator. Actually it was a cool hostel we heard about through this Ozzie girl from tamarindo we met. Once we arrived we saw a little "closed" sign, kind of like a seen out of Wally's World. We needed to pull an audible after 7 hours of traveling and drive up the road to another place recommended by the place that was closed. We called them up and they said they were full but they recommended another place down the road called Hotel Istiam.
So humid is here , but excited for our hike tomorrow for Christmas Day.
Sunday, December 23, 2012
Booze cruise?
The booze cruise ? More like snooze you lose . Full of families and little children. It was like take your child to boat day. So lame but it was a nice day so that's good. Tamarindo kind of sucks its a big tourist trap. We had fun but never again. It's all families but I did get to surf for a few days
Nicaragua tomorrow am. Brace yourself
Nicaragua tomorrow am. Brace yourself
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