Hospedaje Central Isla de Ometepe

... bij de enige automaat van het eiland. We hebben ons nood potje dollars moeten aanbreken en hebben, mede door het aanhoudende slechter wordende weer, drie dagen later het eiland weer verlaten. Vervolgens hebben we een tussenstop gehouden in Rivas om daarvandaan de volgende dag te kunnen vertrekken naar Costa Rica.

In totaal zijn we ruim twee maanden in Nicargua geweest...een prachtland!!

... could give her a ride since none of the busses were running on a Sunday.  Of course we said jump on in!

We got off the ferry not really knowing where we were going to end up.  As we drove down the only paved road on the island we ran into another Rodeo.  So of course we had to stop.  This rodeo was a little harder to watch because they got the bulls worked up right in front of you.  You know ...

... mood outside the river, and me and Amelia pushed the kayak till a place of the river without trees. Those *******s had made me even blood, so I put mud in my body. As we were coming back, already inside the kayak, we started laughthing: we were not allowed to take out our life vest, or to go down the kayak by no reason...how could I explained I was fully covered by mud?? : ) The trip was anyhow great, we stoped to eat something, and I was swimming in that lake that ...

... artwork project started in the sixties by the priest and poet Ernest Cardenal. The balsawooden little birds and animals are lovely and exported all over the world. Still, the archipel stays very poor. Electricity and running water is poor and latrines are still used. But all children go to school and this favourite destination of Mano Chao is fabulous.
We visit the Los Guatuzos Wildlife Refuge on the border of Nicaragua and Costa Rica (lots ...

... von kaputt, aber ja, im Endeffekt gings dann schon... Von dort aus bestiegen wir den kleineren der zwei Vulkane, den Volcán Maderas (1400m.ue.M.). Also zuerst legten wir bereits ca. 4 km zurueck, um zum Startpunkt des Weges zu gelangen. Dort fruehstueckten wir dann noch gemuetlich etwas, dann so am Mittag machten wir uns auf den Weg, um den Vilkan zu besteigen. Man muss nun dazu sagen, dass man da normalerweise frueh morgens startet -so um 7h-, weil man schon so 8 ...

... port status it has many hotels. We are not interested in Moyogalpa, so we take the road to Altagracia ...

... the island is sparsely populated farmland. It´s common to see someone on a horse than in a car, and the very small towns around the island all have dirt roads populated by freely roaming farm animals.

My first stop in Isla de Ometeoe was Charco Verde where I stayed at a nice place with comfy hammocks. It was right on the beach and there was a beautiful sunset over the water each night.

The big event of the first day was taking a hike to a secluded beach. It was supposed ...