Ometepe Island on Nicaragua Lake (Nicaragua obviously!):
We carried on our trip with the boys and after crossing the border, we head off to Ometepe Island on the Nicaragua Lake. This island, whose shape is similar to a hourglass, is composed by two volcanoes, Concepcion and Maderas and its name derives from the Nahuatl words ome (two) and tepetl (mountain) so two mountains. The lake is connected to the Caribbean Sea with the river San Juan and the island had been attacked many times until the 17th Century by pirates like Francis Drake. The volcano Concepcion is still considered in activity. In the inverse, Maderas volcano is dormant since the 13th century.
When we arrived at San Jorge to take the boat, we were lucky to find a boat leaving because of the big water. The 1 hr crossing was pretty bad but I managed not to be sick (yeah!!). Once on the island, the weather was not great either due to the high wind. We went to visit the beach at Punta Maria which was given as a great beach of the island by the travel guide. Well the beach was not very attractive and instead of having a swim, the boys tried fishing and Dave has been lucky to catch a small catfish (see pictures next post). We went also to visit the Charco Verde laguna and its wildlife. And how nice it was to see some monkeys!!!
- The boys were happy to cross the border hoping for better surf and cheaper prices than in Costa Rica,
- Drawing of the island. We found this painting on the wall of a restaurant we went for breakfast. On the menu, 10 different choices of breakfasts but in reality they had nothing! Lee had to change 3 times his order...to finish with 2 eggs and 2 toasts!
- View of the Maderas Volcano. As I said previously, the weather was rubbish with light rain and fog so it was difficult to have a decent picture of the volcano,
- View of the Concepcion Volcano. Still under the clouds but with some sunny patches,
- View of the laguna Charco Verde from the mirador close to the main road (don't think there is a proper name for this mirador). We had a nice walk around the laguna and saw some monkeys. We reach the mirador after a short walk but really really steep. I still can feel the pain in my calves!!!
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