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Just a few videos of my dives…
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My main reason for venturing to Little Corn was, to dive. From what I could tell, this was the best diving in all of Nicaragua and I was so excited to see it for myself. I dove with a dive shop called Dive Little Corn (www.divelittlecorn.net/cms) . Everyone was so amazing and all of the dives, I can say I genuinely enjoyed. All relatively easy dives, with good visibility, it’s never not fun to be under the ocean as far as I’m concerned.
Here are some of my favourite pictures from my five dives. Videos to come!
Stubs.
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Today was all about Nicaraguan volcanoes!
This morning I had the pleasure of diving with a group called Volcano Divers and we did a dive in Laguna de Apoyo, a lake inside the crater of a volcano. One of the best parts of diving with this group is that all of the profits, from the diving and the associated hostel, go towards a charity: The Peace Project (www.thepeaceprojectnicargua.org). This projects is totally focused on access to education for Nicaraguans who may not other wise be able to afford it.
The dive was a lot of fun, 54 minute dive with a max depth of 54ft (the lake is 600ft deep!). The last time I dove in a volcanic lake was in Iceland, so it was cool to see the difference. This lake was mostly void of anything with color, so the pictures aren’t great. There were some fish though and the highlight was seeing the thermal columns of warm water escaping from the heart of the volcanoes. The rocks around would even heat up and were quite warm to the touch. I would recommend this to anyone looking for a nice easy dive and an overall cool experience. Videos of the thermal flows when I get better wifi.
This evening, I had the pleasure of taking a tour with Danny’s Tours (dannytour.granadaallinone.com) from here in Granada. Danny was born and raised here and it was super interesting to get to talk to him about everything from politics to fishing. He took me to cross yet another item off my bucket list: seeing molten lava. We took a trip to the summit of Masaya Volcano for the night tour. It was pretty awesome. What struck me was the amount of bats flying around in the SO2 and when it was quiet enough, you could actually hear it rushing by. They only allow so many tourists up at a time, in case something happens, it’s easier to evacuate, and you are also somewhat limited because you are getting exposed to the gas, which some people can be really sensitive to. The pictures don’t really do it justice in the same way the pictures from diving don’t but I’m all about the experience and spending too much time with my camera.
Tomorrow, I will fly to Corn Island on the Caribbean side and from there, I will take a boat to Little Corn Island, which will be my home for the next five days.
Stubs.
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Central America has never let me down. Belize, Mexico, Panama and Costa Rica have all been amazing trips for me. When it came time to decide where to go on an adventure when time was somewhat limited, to pick another country in this region was an easy choice.
A red-eye to Mexico City and a quick leap to Nicaragua from there, the trip here was easy and stress free. First impressions of this country are is that it is just filled with culture. Color in the buildings, friendly people and smiles all around.
For my first two nights, I’m staying at a really adorable tiny hotel called Casa Lucia in Granada. From the outside, you would never guess how well put together and peaceful the inside is, all of the staff were bursting with friendliness. Not one to waste too much time, I was checked into the hotel for an hour and a half and I was off on my first adventure. I went kayaking with a wonderful gentlemen named William, who didn’t know very much English but was bursting with enthusiasm! He showed me so many birds, most interestingly I saw a blue jay and a kingfisher! Two birds who also call Canada home. When we discussed the blue jay and how often I we see them around our house, he exclaimed that his favorite blue jay is the baseball team. Then he exclaimed with his paddle in the air, “GO BLUE JAYS, GO! NOT SEATTLE, TORONTO!!!!”. I couldn’t stop laughing.
The other highlight from the kayak trip was the moment I looked down on my arm and saw a super gross white spider. Not a big one, but certainly not a small one either! I gasped, and flicked it off my arm and tried to paddle away as fast as possible until the spider STARTED RUNNING ON THE WATER TOWARDS MY KAYAK! I can’t remember the lat time I went kayaking and didn’t end up either finding a spider on me, or in my kayak. I am not exactly sure why I still continue to pursue this activity but there’s nothing like being out on the water that quietly.
Tomorrow, my first dive here, in a volcanic lake.
Stubs.
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