Blogs from Isla de Ometepe, Southern Pacific Coast, Nicaragua, Central America Caribbean - page 2

Ich sitze im (völlig überfüllten) Bus von San Jorge nach Managua und schreibe dir diese Zeilen - natürlich ohne Internet, vorerst einfach nur als Notiz... Ich liebe diese stundenlangen Reisen, „gefangen“ in Bus, Flugzeug, Zug oder auf Schiff. Viel Raum für Nichts, viel Zeit für freie Gedanken. Ich hab die größte Übelkeit der letzten Tage überwunden und finde mich emotional wieder in Dankbarkeit, was für ein tolles Wochenende auf Ometepe. Einer wahrlich magischen Insel - offenbar mit etwa 270 km² weltweit die größte vulkanische Insel in einem Süßwassersee, danke Wikipedia... In unserem "Dschungelcamp" El Zopilote war ein ganz besonderer Flair, ein freundschaftliches Zusammensein mit allen anderen Reisenden, manche bleiben mehrere Wochen sogar Monate lang hier. Wenn man die Umgebung betrachtet ist das nicht verwunderlich. Ich hab in einem Baumhaus geschlafen, leider aber kein Foto d... read more

Hola, so I have been enjoying my stay at Bona Fide Ometepe, over xmas and the New Year, been here 4 weeks already, 6 weeks left, it is going too quick! Been a few weeks since the last blog. So how is life on Bona Fide permaculture farm on Ometepe? Well things are great, plenty to do in the mornings and time to chill and wander about afternoons and weekends. Except the downer of when your new buddies leave on their travels or going home. One guy , Dylan my roomie,, who left a week ago surprised us all and came back for new years! Great to see him come back but sad to see him go again! He is back home now in Florida. All of the original people here when I arrived have gone ... read more

We had heard many great things about Ometepe, an island in lake Nicaragua formed by two active volcanoes. With this in mind we set aside just under two weeks to see it before heading down to Costa Rica. On the ferry over to Ometepe we met some people going to little Morgan's hostel, and having been recommended it before too, we decided to join them. I wish we hadn't! On first impressions it was a cool laid back hostel, with a tree house so you can enjoy views of the lake above the canopy. We were staying in the base of the tree house so it felt like our own exclusive seating area. The dorms also looked cool, with built in beds with mosquito net doors. We later realised that these were spider city! The roof ... read more

To enter Costa Rica, you need to show proof that you're leaving the country again before your visa expires. We had heard about that before we left Panama, but ignored it then, so at check-in, we quickly had to buy two random cheap bus tickets for 2,5 weeks later and were allowed on board. When our trip in Costa Rica came to an end, we thought we might want to use those bus tickets after all, as we already payed for them and we thought it would be an easy way to cross the border while not flying. What a misconception that turned out to be! Our taxi driver in San Jose didn't know the bus company, nor did the concierge of our hotel. Not a good sign! Once we arrived at the bus station using ... read more

The bus dropped me off In San Jorge just in time to see the 2:30 ferry leave 10 minutes early (nothing in this part of the world ever leaves early). Two hours later I'd paid and boarded the Ferry El Che Guevara and headed across Lake Nicaragua to the twin volcanic island of Ometepe. I had heard of this little jungle tree house hostel, called Little Morgan's, which is located in Santa Cruz on the other side of the island and can take a couple of hours to get there by bus. So I decided to spend my first night on the island in Moyogalpa, the town where the ferry landed. It was starting to get dark and after I tried a few hostels all I could find was the offer of a hammock out the ... read more