Nicaragua: Cerro Negro Volcano – Sand-Boarding Down the Volcano
This is a must do adventure in Nicaragua and is an absolute thrill! You ride a special wooden/metallic board down an active Cerro Negro volcano (see previous album) at insane speeds. I clocked in 46 km/hr (the record is 95)! It’s a 45 degree incline slope of black sand and gravel that you end up getting in your teeth, ears, nose and pretty much everywhere. And the volcano may erupt any minute as well… Interestingly, one guy rode a mountain bike down and set the world speed record a few years ago but ended up falling in the end and fracturing over 20 bones in his body…
