Horseback riding on Ometepe

View of the island from "Mirador del Diablo" (Devil´s Lookout), Isala de Ometepe. The poor horses were panting like crazy by the time we got to the top, but coming down was worse-- their hooves kept slipping on the smooth volcanic rock, hardened in the form of molten-waves that once spilled down its side and FORMED this very island from the lake-bed.

The Great Central-American Treck begins!

August 5th 2006
On Monday, August 1st my frined Steve arrived in Managua from Toronto, thus marking the beginning of 29 days of spontaneous adventure travel from Nicaragua up to Mexico. We fly home from Mexico City on August 29th, but until then we have 29 days to play it by ear and go where the wind takes us! This is a whole new level of sponetnaity for me: and so far I am loving it! Before I left I bought a "Fo ... read more

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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

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