28th September 2009 - 29th September 2009 After a long ferry ride across a lake so big you can't see the other side we arrived at an island formed by two volcanoes a few kilometers apart that soar in the sky. We were swarmed by locals as we got off the boat with the "Where are you going? What do you want to do today?" questions we are used to from Asia. The island seemed very quiet so the locals were doing all they could for our business. We found a p...

22nd September 2009 - 28th September 2009 San Juan has some great surf beaches so we took advantage and decided to get some good days in consecutively to advance our skills a bit. The board and ride out to the beach (El Remanso) costs $10 each and we could try different size boards to find what we liked. When we were surfing at El Remanso we also had to be careful of stingrays as there were many there that would sting you on the foot in the shallow water. We sa...

20th September 2009 - 22nd September 2009 We arrived in Granada after an easy 2 hour bus trip and decided to stay at Oasis Hostel. It is in a great old building with a pool to combat the immense heat and we met up with our friends, Carlo and Toni from Leon. As we walked around the beautiful buildings we first saw a security guard bend over 90 degrees in front of us to inspect a local "bootie" that just passed him. We had a laugh about it but then I no...

19th September 2009 - 20th September 2009 Our earliest start yet greeted us when we had to wake at 2am from our overnight in San Salvador to catch the coach to Leon in Nicaragua. We'd arrived the previous day from El Tunco and were dropped in the middle of the dodgy city centre where we had to walk through a big market where there was a guy lying on the ground who we're not sure was dead or alive. True to form we paid the extra $14USD (making it $44USD each) for...