Buenas! So after leaving our 3rd family behind, we headed for the jungle island of Ometepe. Our first days were spent swimming in the "officially" clean waters of Charco Verde, and hiking through rain forest in search of better views of the volcano. During the evening we were consistently visited by a mysterious creature, who left presents on the bed sheets (bright yellow), while trying to break in to our medical bag. Rumours of a junkie bat are yet to...

Palabra Sube With 3 hot sweaty days on buses we arrived in Nicaragua´s capital Managua, picking up a surfer along the way. After an awkward moment of trying to explain to the hostel owner that we werent after a menage a trois we bedded down for the night and headed straight for Leon. Leon is the liberal city of revolutionaries, and has a church on every street corner. Every night, without fail, we watched lightning over the top of the largest cathedral in cen...