Hacienda Merida

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With the hassle of the US visa done the real holiday could start! I went for a weeks visit to Isla de Ometepe to lay back at Hacienda Merida. Isla de Ometepe is a two-vulcano eight-shaped island in Lago Nicaragua, Central Americas bigest lake. Merida is the remotest place you can go to on the island and the Hacienda Merida, a ecological lodging project, was the right place for me to lay back at the shore of the lake, swing by the days in a hammock, and explore the beautiful rain forest nature around the island.

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Photos

Lago Nicaragua
On the right you see the second volcano of Isla de Ometepe.

Flower
In the cloud forrest at volcan Maderas.

Funny Fruit
And what a color mix.

Hawaii
No, we're still in Nicaragua...

Leaves
In the cloud forrest.

Howler Monkey
To mark their territory they poduce incredibly loud howling sounds. You might suspect a lion in the jungle but it's just those monkeys.

Leaf-Cutting Ants
Quite impressive, the amount of work they are able to do.