Theme: Central American Adventure Tour  Country: Nicaragua  Languages: Spanish  Unit of Currency: Nicaraguan cordoba    Location: Leon, Isla Los Brasiles (Poneloya), Managua, & San Juan del Sol  Year: 2013   Bucket list: Volcano boarding at 50mph+

Video: Nighttime Fire Dancing on a Remote Island

 

 

 

DO:  VOLCANO BOARD DOWN AN ACTIVE VOLCANO

Leon:

• Becoming part of an adrenaline-filled tour group, complete with jumping in the back of a pick-up truck through the Nicaraguan jungle, hiking intensively for 1 hour Volcan Cerro Negro, celebrating with your new good mates as you all are covered from head to toe of volcanco ash, and having bragging rights that YOU just boarded down an active volcano! And, salsa dancing with them to celebrate the day’s accomplishments!

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

DO:  SURF THE PACIFIC OCEAN IN A REMOTE LOCATION

Isla Los Brasiles:

• Driving to the coast via horseback and arriving in one of the most remote destinations that I have ever been to

 

 

 

 

 

• Having a kick-ass surfing weekend

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 Goodbye Nicaragua:

I still have sand & bits of pieces of volcanic rock in my shoes, a tan-line from my flip-flops & bikini top, Spanish lingo stuck in my head, and I cannot seem to shake the thoughts of my recents travels in Central America, but oddly enough, it’s time to get on a helicopter in a few short hours, go back to a career that I adore, and head off the west coast of Africa! Humpback whales here I come! 

During my adventure travels, this question arose (illustrated in the below photograph), along with “Who would win in a fight Superman vs. Batman?”