Currency exchange on the street of Leon Nicaragua
A special shout-out to Rob over at Stop Having a Boring Life who inspired me to make this video.
Volcano Boarding Cerro Negro in Leon Nicaragua
There was an article on FastCompany.com recently titled “How The Happiest People In The World Spend Their Money” in which there was a perfect quote:
“Make purchases that improve your happiness. For many, that means spending on experiences, not things.”
And it is exactly these type of experiences that they are referring to:
- Four-wheeling through the country side of Leon Nicaragua on dirty and dusty roads
- Grabbing a make-shift ‘volcano-board’ and a liter of water and scaling the face of Cerro Negro
- Sweating profusely in the scorching sun combined with the heat emanating from the most active volcano in Nicaragua
- Reaching the summit where a cool breeze evaporated all the sweat and brought my body temperature back down to normal
- Donning a fluorescent green and yellow onesie, eye goggles and gloves in preparations to get DIRTY!
- Making “snow” angels in a pile of soot
- Strapping a wooden plank to my feet and hurtling down the rocky & ashy mountain
- Picking rocks out of my teeth and shaking the dust out of my orifices
- Getting to the bottom and wanting to do it all over again!
Sorry, but you just can’t go down to your local Target store and buy this kind of happiness. So, stop going to Target and start getting out into the world to EXPERIENCE what it has to offer you!
Warning: These Pictures Are Not For Viewing
I have yet to figure out why this message was painted on this house in Granada. Are there THAT many English speaking people knocking on this persons house asking to buy it? So weird.
Chilling Out In The Heat of Nicaragua
Here in the city of Granada, they get it. There is no sense of a hustle and bustle. There are no signs of the rat race as in developed nations. Here it’s all about just enjoying life, relaxing and not stressing over unimportant things.
