Blogs from Isla de Ometepe, Southern Pacific Coast, Nicaragua, Central America Caribbean - page 24

Well...we finally made it to the twin volcano island in the largest tropical lake in the world, Lago de Nicaragua..also the home of the only freshwater shark known to man. It's the place ALL the backpackers talk about and a perfect spot for a crater climb! ..now here's the deal..we got up at about 5am thinking the world was coming to an end after having tossed and turned all night to the sound of the craziest storm either of us has ever experienced..we even ran out to check if there was a lake of lava pouring down the hill to polish us off, thinking with that much noise and rumbling the volcano must have been about to erupt! False alarm...nonetheless, after about an hour and a half following a very soggy guide up the side of ... read more

So I am still a bit behind on my journal entering here because I have been very busy without really doing much here in Granada. Doing a month's worth of errands in the space of 5 days makes for some pretty uninteresting blogging. After we left Santo Domingo on the Isla de Ometepe, we headed to the Volcan Maderas side of the island for a brief stay in Hacienda Merida. Within 30 minutes of being there I wished I had 2 weeks to devote to this place and was somewhat kicking myself for having stayed in Santo Domingo so long. The hacienda is really cool, kind of like a backpacker's resort, with horse rental, kayaks, mountain bikes, volunteer opportunities, Spanish classes available, and .... a real luxury in Central America .... breakfast and dinner buffets. I ... read more

Kids, Everyone in his 20s knows for a fact that life ends at age 30. Then, you reach your 30s and realize that indeed life, as you knew it, has ended. A few try to continue living as if nothing happened - missing both the 30-something experience and not fully enjoying the 20-something stuff anymore. Most, embrace their new life so much that their old 20-something self might as well be turning in his grave. A few leave themselves mental notes from the 20s to the 30s and manage to embrace the best of both. This is the story of one of these mental notes…. in January 2003 (still in my late 20s) I was traveling alone in Nicaragua where I came across, by word of mouth, one of the best backpack’s places I have ... read more