This morning we went on a city tour of Leon. We started at a mural which depicted the history of Nicaragua and Leon. It was amazingly done by school age children.... I guess there are going to be a lot of future Picasso's coming out of Nicaragua if the walls anything to go by!! We looked at a few of Leon's attractions, including Nicaragua's only wooden church and afterwards we went up to a fortress which gave us the most amazing views of the volcanos that surr...

This morning I was meant to have a sleep in, however the church bells and the fireworks (which don't actually have the pretty colourful display, rather just the very loud bang) at 7am put a stop to that!! Soon after the bell and bombs had finished, a siren sounded....I started to think that maybe it was a hurricane warning system.... am I supposed to assemble somewhere??? I soon convinced myself that if it was something serious our tour leader would knock on the...

This morning we said goodbye to Roatan Island! The call went out for volunteers to jump in the 4x4 with the luggage.... and I was one of them. 3 of us jumped in the luggage ute whilst the rest of the tour group hauled themselves into a minivan. Volunteering to jump in the ute paid off as the driver was pumping out the tunes!! Some of the local music made me want to join a Congo line!!! We also had a bit of a guided tour through the main town which was locate...