Leon, Nicaragua

Another herculian effort saw me visit 3 countries in one day, leaving Alegria at 7am and reaching Leon at 5pm after passing through Honduras on the way. Only four busses, one minivan and a cycle rickshaw were needed to complete the journey.
Leon is one of Nicaragua's colonial towns and has some great nightlife. It is a student town and quite touristy, but they manage to mix extremely well, which is quite uncommon. Normally bars are either full of gringos or locals but in Leon the two coexist peacefully, the wonders of alcohol making univeral understanding a piece of cake.
The other item of note in Leon is a volcano close to town with slopes covered in fine ash/rock, which makes it quite suitable for sliding down on your ass. Cerro Negro is also a new volcano, arising out of the ground only a hundred or so years ago. The hike up is tough, but the views are amazing. With all photos taken and sights absorbed it was time to suit up in a Beastie Boys ¨Intergalactic¨ painters outfit, complete with googles and locate my arse on a piece of plywood with some metal nailed to the base. Then all I had to do was point the contraption down the 41 degree slopes of the mountain and let gravity do the rest. 54 seconds later and covered in volcano bits I arrived at the bottom and promtly crashed harmlessly into a boulder.

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