Adventure week in Honduras & Nicaragua!

After Utila, we went to Lago Yojoa, the biggest lake in Honduras. We heard there was a waterfall there, sounded nice enough. So we went to see it, and yep, it was nice enough. Then we got offered a tour behind the waterfall and it was CRAAZY! We didn't see any paths or caves, and we wondered how we would get in behind it. Well, we went RIGHT through it! The impact of the water hitting our backs was absurd, we had to cover our eyes and breathe through our noses. And you could look up and see the the water coming thundering down on us! The whole thing was topped by jumping a 10 meter drop into the river.

Next stop: Leon (after 4 chicken buses and a overnight stop, instead of the 2 direct buses in one day that we heard of). We went volcano boarding the same afternoon, JUST as crazy! This is what you do:
1.Hike up a volcano
2. Put on a orange prison style suit and goggles
3. Sit on your board, go down
4: If you're totally awesome: Be stupid and don't break until it's too late and get on the speed record board with 87km/h
5: If you're even more awesome: Take advantage of your complimentary 7 mojitos and get so embarassingly legless that your travel buddy has to walk you home and put you to bed.

The next day we went on a tour to the beach, where we cruised through the mangrove forests, released baby turtles on the beach, made a bonfire and slept under the stars. The next morning we went for a run on the beach and surfed a little.

After 2 packed days we went on to Granada. Spent less than a day there, just strolled around the city. Next stop was Isla Ometepe, a massive island in the even more massive Lake Nicaragua. It feels more like the ocean, just with fresh water; waves and everything! Here, we went horse back riding to a beautiful lagoon thingy and hiked a volcano. Probably not the most spectacular hike ever (no view whatsoever on the top), but nice jungely scenery and good exercise - took us 8 hours!

After this it was definately time some more relaxing beach time, so we went to San Juan del Sur, a surf town close to the Costa Rican border, much loved by backpackers. Yes, the place is FULL of them, but the atmosphere and nightlife is great, the surf good and the beaches beautiful. I stayed there for a few days, great not to pack my bag every 2 days!