Chicken Boat

Day 27 Ometepe Island

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December 30th 2008
We left our hotel in Granada at 9am & walked to the chicken bus station. We asked around & found the bus going to Rivas. We loaded our backpacks on the roof & waited for the bus to fill up with more customers. After 30 minutes the bus was packed tight with people standing all the way down the aisle. When we arrived in Rivas we took 2 taxis to the port of San Jorge on the shores of lake Nicar ... read more

Central America Caribbean » Nicaragua » Southern Pacific Coast » Isla de Ometepe

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The Pacific Coast of Nicaragua was settled as a Spanish colony from Panama in the early 16th century. Independence from Spain was declared in 1821 and the country became an independent republic in 1838. Britain occupied the Caribbean Coast in the fir... ... read more