Laguna de Apoyo is short minibus ride out of Granada, and we joined the hordes at The Monkey Hut hostel who were kicking back and relaxing in the aftermath of Christmas. The lake is perfect for swimming in (no sharks, only crocodiles) and the good folk at The Monkey Hut have stuck a couple of platforms off shore for the gringos to amuse themselves with.
After a swim and something that passed as pizza, we headed off to visit Masaya volcano. Our tour guide cheerfully advised us - as we were standing on the crest that overlooked the craters of two different volcanoes - that Masaya is active, but the smaller volcano is more dangerous as "the active ones, we know it has all the pressure released every day, but it is the not active ones like this one that we must be more worried about, because the pressure build and build until one day, any day, it will explode! Bang! Now...who want me to take a photo?". We had just passed a withered old sign that stated "Danger - do not pass" ; hardly reassuring!
The view from the top of the crater was amazing, but the stench of sulfur was just unbearable - much worse than anything that weeks of rice and beans can create in a human body. I climbed down from the lookout pretty early on, with eyes and throat burning, but Fletch managed to put up with it long enough to get some awesome photos. Enjoy!
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