Volcano Boarding

So, I got to go on my first Graham Neale-led volcano boarding tour. I went mainly for photography purposes and to witness the magic. I was expecting to have some material that I could use to make fun of him later with, but I came home empty handed. I was extremely impressed and although our group was small and quiet (that's a diplomatic way to say it right?), Graham was informative, thorough and entertaining. He actually knew a lot about the volcano and its geology as well as history of the area etc. Nobody asked him if he was a scientist this time, which according to him happens somtimes...so I no longer believe that. Anyways, I took a ton of photos and put them up on Snapfish. Click here to see the new Volcano Boarding album.

The photos start with us driving to the volcano, where the only traffic we hit were serious herds of cows and horses. Then we get to the volcano and there are a lot of everyone following Graham, carrying their boards up the path. He stopped at various points to talk about the volcano and so there are A LOT of photos of hiim doing that too. We hike past two craters and have some amazing views along the way. Then everyone puts on their bright orange jumpsuits and goggles and Graham instructs them before sending them down the mountain. Apparently one of the guys on the tour today was the slowest Graham had seen to date, so that was kind of funny. Everything went well and everyone had a lot of fun so all in all Graham Neale's Volcano Boarding Tour was a wild success. Oh and I took a couple of videos, which I will upload later.

A few more photos...

Hey everyone,
Just wanted to write really quickly to say that we posted some more photos onto our Snapfish account from our trips to northern Nicaragua. Both our trips to the north have been in preparation for tours that we will lead through those areas. The first is in the region of Esteli in the mountains where you can almost forget the sizzling heat of Leon. As you'll see from the photos, we are bundled up...by Nicaraguan standards anyways. Here we visited organic coffee farms, waterfalls, cloud forests and fincas (small family farms) in the countryside. We have a few photos of us at two of the fincas and some of us visiting one of the lodging options for our mountain tour called Finca Neblina del Bosque (the cloud forest farm) because it overlooks some amazing cloud forest. Our second trip was also to the north to the Chinandega department, which is even hotter than Leon. This is where we will be doing whale watching, kayaking through estuaries, horseback riding and hiking Volcan Coseguina. We have some photos of the massive beach where we come in from whale watching, but we didn't take much after that. Oh yeah and then there are a lot of Graham with Bozo the kitten because I am obsessed with taking photos of her. And a few of Graham at the end that only Devon and Trevor might appreciate. So check out a few photos from our trips to the northern beaches and mountains. Click here to be taken to the new album. Hope everyone is doing well.