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Nicaragua Ain’t for Sissies

Posted on May 14, 2013 by Gypsytoes | 6 Comments

Featured writer: Gypsytoes “Nicaragua ain’t for sissies, but it’s got a lot of soul. Folks accustomed to life in the US need an incredibly adventurous spirit if they are to adjust to Nicaragua. Life is challenging here, for everyone. If you’re from the US, forget the creature comforts of home. But the reward is that one develops intimate relationships with…

I Envy Nicaragua – A Volunteer Experience

Posted on January 24, 2013 by adventuresofachildlikewonder | 1 Comments

Featured Writer: Isabel Thottam The sun rises early in the morning in Nicaragua, painting the sky with an orange and pink hue. On a good day, you can see the silhouette of the volcanoes in the distance, their black rocks reaching higher toward the unreal sky. The mountains are more than mountains. They are plateaus and rolling hills, spattered with…

Every Traveler’s Fear

Posted on January 18, 2013 by lifeoutofthebox | 5 Comments

Featured writer: Life Out of the Box Eight months ago my boyfriend Jonathon and I traveled from California to Nicaragua with a mission to start a business called Life Out of the Box that gives back to the local community. We never had any intention of buying a car here, so the public buses were our best option for us to get…

Ometepe, Nicaragua is Home to Two Very Hospitable Volcanoes

Posted on November 13, 2012 by theadventuresofadr | 2 Comments

Dan Rajter is a traveling photographer and writer currently en route to Argentina from Mexico completely by BUS! Except through the Darien Gap, of course. Any traveler who has ever set foot on the strikingly surreal island of Ometepe knows all to well the trials and tribulations of the journey to get there. This is especially true if…

I Flipped My Board Down an Active Volcano – My Volcano Boarding Adventure

Posted on May 15, 2012 by tngo614 | 1 Comments

Featured writer: travelgasms Plenty of people have hiked a volcano. More adventurous would be hiking an active volcano with flowing red lava (here’s thinking of you Volcan Pacaya), but I had never heard of Volcano Boarding until our recent trip to Nicaragua. From Leon, adventurers can hop on a truck and head to Cerro Negro, Nicaragua’s youngest active volcano, and…

Volcano Boarding in Nicaragua

Posted on May 4, 2012 by sefahey | 0 Comments

Featured writer: Sarah Fahey Snowboarding? Sure. Skateboarding? Of course! But Volcano Boarding?!!! You betcha! But only in Nicaragua… 25 Kilometers northeast of the colonial city León, lies Volcan Cerro Negro. This volcano is one of the younger volcanoes in the area (less than 200 years old), but also one of the most unique. Thanks to a 1999 eruption and constant volcanic…

Cerro Negro Part 2: There’s Volcanic Ash in My Bra

Posted on February 28, 2012 by Lesley | 1 Comments

Featured Writer: Hilary Billings We stopped about halfway up the volcano to catch our breath. The rain had just start letting up and Babs wasn’t sure how long our window was before it would start pouring down again (or before one of us would be struck by lightning). She gave us the Reader’s Digest informational speech on Cerro Negro to speed…

Cerro Negro Part I: A Dune Buggy, Lightning Storm, & Thoughts of Eminent Doom

Posted on February 28, 2012 by Lesley | 0 Comments

Featured Writer: Hilary Billings Today was the day we were going volcano boarding (more accurately, volcano tobogganing). This was the event that had sold me on Holly Beck’s retreat and I was so ready to go. How often do you get to hike up and then board down the world’s most active cinder-cone volcano? My point exactly. We had taken off…