We spent 2 wonderful days at Las Peñitas beach, about 2o minutes from Leon. We stayed at a hotel/restaurant in a dorm. The first night there were six of us (me the only girl, nothing new there) but the next night, Ian and I had it all to ourselves. And we got to surf!
The first day Ian and I rented boards and went out there. The waves were pretty big and hard to catch, but I managed to drop down the face of 2 before bailing and I actually rode one, for a little bit anyways. Ian was ripping it up as usual. I got a sunburn even with the SPF 50 waterproof sunscreen so I took it easy the rest of the time. Plus, some punk ran me over and put a fin ding in my board, Jerk! We met some cool guys and went out to dinner with them and hung out. There were 2 Auzzies (Dan and Sam) who were travelling around on motorbikes with custom made board racks on the side of their bikes and 3 Americans (Derek, Carey and Andrew).The next day I took it easy again too, face still hurt from the sunburn. I got some great pics and vids of Ian surfing though, especially the sunset session he did.
Our new American friends suggested a tour of the Flor de Caña rum distillery, which is in a tiny town half and hour from Leon. So they went back to Leon Thursday night and we came back Friday morning. We met for breakfast then met up again to take a chicken bus to Chichigalpa, where the distillery is. The tour was pretty cool, but all in spanish, thankfully our new friends could speak more than we could so they translated for us. And we got a small drink of the 18 yr old aged rum at the end. The other 2 people on the tour had a pickup truck and they were heading back to Leon, we we bummed a ride from them and sat in the back. The tour was free and the trip there only cost us $1. Not bad for a fun day.
Now we are just relaxing in our room, drinking some Flor de Caña rum and gearing up for our trip to Grenada tomorrow.
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