Our main motive for visiting Somoto was to explore the newly discovered (2003) and renowned Nicaraguan canyon. We hired a guide for the day and with an early start endeavoured to explore the entire length of the canyon from water level as well as from up above.Julita decided that wading and swimming down the Rio Coco was not her thing and chose to stay behind. So Paulina and I, along with another French backpacker set out at 7am and began
