by Alex Edgerton
It is hard to imagine how the sight of two dozen foreigners setting off to climb an active volcano in the middle of the night must look to the residents of San Jacinto, but this is the spectacle that greets the inhabitants of this small town near León once a month.
San Jacinto is the starting point for the monthly full moon hike to the summit of Telica volcano run by Quetzaltrekkers, a volunteer organization based in León that raises funds to improve the lives of impoverished children.
The organization, which started out helping street children in Quetzaltenango in Guatemala, has just celebrated its second anniversary in Nicaragua, and in this short time has helped change the way many people view the future of tourism in the country.
