Volcán Cerro Negro y Granada

We had set our alarm pretty early because we wanted to join a tour group going up a nearby volcano, named Cerro Negro. The volcano is the second youngest in the world and pretty active (in volcano terms), meaning that he had a small eruption more than 20 years ago. We met up with the rest of the group in a nearby hostel, from there it was an hour drive in an open truck. We were glad that we didn't drive there with Ruedi, besides being an unpaved road, it was very bad and most of it just sand. So with the tour bus we could enjoy the view of the mighty black volcano inmidst of the small, green trees.

We had expected to walk up and just board down and be done in 2 hours, but the view from the crater ridge and over the surrounding area was so beautiful and unexpected. Also it was pretty hot so we took it slow walking up with the board. Within the crater you could see the different elements colouring the volcano white, red and yellow against the pure black sediment. We got into our boarding dresses, gloves and goggles and then went down on our boards one by one. It had looked very steep and that we'd get a high speed but it was barely moving in the beginning and you needed to push to help. The lower part got steeper and you could actually slide ☺️ It was fun and something different but sliding in snow definitely works a lot better 😁

We were driven back to town and walked a bit to see the buildings by day. Then we went back to Ruedi and drove about 2.5 hours to Granada, a pretty town next to a large lake named Lago Cocibolco. We spent some time finding a room for the night until we got two bunk beds in a hostel. We came just in time for the pasta night 🥰 But it was a really small portion and we walked the town to see if we can get a dinner that wouldn't leave us hungry 😅 There was a nice restaurant that offered local specialities buuut was out of Granada's speciality dish: Vigorón! I still found something and so did Julia with a vegetarian dish.Read more