The blue dot is me in San Jose del Sur, and that puff of clouds and rocky terrain is the volcano I'm going to hike on my day off. It will take 10 hours and be pretty challenging. Nicaragua falls right along the Ring of Fire. This means there are beautiful mountains, active and dormant volcanoes, but it also means that there are earthquakes and eruptions that can put people at danger of natural disasters, and can also really mess up buildings! In 1972, Nicaragua had a huge earthquake in their capital (Managua) that caused a devastating amount of damage to the city and displaced over 600,000 people from their homes.