After a month in Leon, I was ready to leave. I really liked the city a lot, but I spent way too much time sitting on my arse there and I was ready for a bit of physical activity. At this time of year, Leon is painfully hot and the only thing I wanted to do was lie in bed with two fans pointed at me on full blast.

When I wasn’t doing this I could be found either at a four hour Spanish lesson, lounging in a hammock reading my book, soaking up air-conditioning during longs walks around the supermarket or painfully sitting on a wooden stool attempting to do internet work.

I couldn’t handle walks around the city for much longer than a half hour and I’m pretty sure that cycling would have been deadly. So after all of this sitting around, I am ready for a bit of swimming, biking and farm work and have decided to head to Ometepe to take advantage of some nature under the watchful eyes of two volcanoes, one active and one dormant.

There are a lot of organic/sustainable farm type places on the island and I’ve arranged to volunteer with one of them at the end of May. I’m here a month early though because of a change of plans and am hoping to move my work stint up. If I can’t though, I’m quite happy to work a bit, pedal a bit, paint a bit, read a bit and swim a bit and might even try to hunt down another weekly Spanish course.

The island is stunning and I’m looking forward to a bit of exploring!