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Published: April 25th 2006
Ometepe
This the largest and most active volcano of the two: Conception.We spent two days on the island of Ometepe, the Island of Peace, in the middle of Lake Nicaragua. We had hoped to take the boat from Granada, but found out we had to wait 4 hours for the next departure..the time we'd been given was the time the ticket office opened, not the time the boat left.
So we decided to take buses to the main port that connects to the island..mistake! We took a horse carriage part way to the bus station, dragged our bags through the public market, got to the bus which had standing room only for the hour and half trip to Rivas, where we would change buses for the port. I t was very hot and the bus was even hotter inside. Apparently the bus wasn't full enough, since they continued to pack people on til no one could move....
We made it the port without passing out, and evenhad seats before the trip ended. We took the ferry to the island, instead of the faster boat, because the taxi driver told us not to get on the smaller boat, which they overload like the buses... we watched them load up and decided
In the bus
It was at least 100 degrees in here, until the bus started moving! to follow the taxi cab drivers' advice!
We stayed at a small resort next to a nature preserve, called Choco Verde. It is on the beach, with the biggest volcano behind it. We had a really nice bungalow for $25 a night...You can swim in the lake, which is muddy looking, and warm. I did go in a few times, but kept thinking of all the putrid rivers and steams we'd seen that end up flowing into the lake, and couldn't really enjoy the swim.
We were napping one afternoon, and were awoken by howler monkeys in the tree outside our bunglow! An errant cow would come past from time to time, and there were many birds and butterflies all around.
On our last day, we hired a guide, who spent the day taking us around the island. We visted a cooperative coffee finca, where there were ancient petroglyphs, the mountain spring, another beach and the town on the opposite side of the island from where we arrived. This is where we leave from tonight...
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fran
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sounds nice
a little island get-away.... can't wait to see the pics. we had 70 degree weather here in Seattle..woo-hoo! we still miss you! fran