Jonathan Robbins

This is a solid, day long trip. It is a great hike with a bit of a scramble on the way up to the summit massif and then again at the nearly 11,000-foot peak of Mount Hoffmann. You will have what John Muir described as his favorite view of Yosemite. You can look down onto Half Dome and across the Landscape to Mount Lyell. To get here you need to drive on Tioga Pass road, which is closed in winte...

There are lots of places to stay in the Miramar Area. I stayed in La Barra Surf Camp, but there are 4 or 5 in the area. These surf camps will usually arrange you to be picked up in vans from the airport in Nicaragua's capital of Managua. It takes about 2 hours for the vans to get you and your boards to the Miramar area. Basically all there is to do is surf, and it's so hot outside that surfing ...