The bus arrived just as the sun set and Kevin let me lead. I had looked up two hostals with great reviews in the city of Leon as it wasn’t feasible to camp within the city limits and we had seen photos of people boarding down a volcano and we just had to see for ourselves if it was worth the hype. In the midst of following maps.me directions a gentleman with his two daughters said there was a hostal just behind us up the road which he had stayed at a few years back so I stopped the map app and we turned around and five minutes later we walked into El Jardin booked our volcano trip and Kevin sweet talked them into picking up our luggage and leaving us at the beach after to go to our next destination. A rough night sleep for Kevin as her tried to sleep outside in three different spots. The first place was a hammock which ended up breaking, the second smelt like pee and lastly bugs. So logically he did what any man would he took my fan and put it on high next to his own fan and paused it directly on himself. When I woke up he asked how I slept I said pretty decent except it got hot at the end and with laughter he responds…. I know I saw sleeping fine so I stole your fan and proceeded to tell me how he tried sleeping outside in the garden.
We ate, we drank coffee and we handed our bags to the Man behind the counter at our hostal for pick up later and jumped in the back of a beautiful Toyota land rover and we’re off to the volcano or so we thought. We stopped at Viavia and then we met the rest of our group and who did we see, Sandra and Manuel whom we hiked with us Guatemala and whom we had seen in El Tunco pre-hospital visit and Carolina who hiked with us in El Salvador we died laughing exchanged hugs and cheek kisses and caught up on places we had been and where we will go next.
We got to pick out t shirts and I dug through the piles till I found the exact one I had my mind set on. Look for it in the photos to come 🙂 I needed a new shirt as my old one smelled and has holes it will be in the trash soon.
We met an Aussie pair who are mountain bikers and exchanged info the entire 45minute ride the entrance. Then we grabbed our boards and got our gear and started walking up. We were the only two not sledding down as we decided to try out standing. The guide kept telling us how we weren’t going to have fun as it’s harder with the volcanic rock to stand up and go down and that pushed me to prove him wrong. He also made us wait till last so everyone could watch and watch they did.
The trip was amazing. I’m not sure if volcano boarding is always a blast but the group we had and all the conversations mixed with a pre volcano coffee hour, volcano hike and boarding, then watermelon, drinks and the beach mixed with good people made for a great Valentine’s celebration Kevin and I agreed.
now for all the fun photos from the trip:
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