Hotel Ometepetl Isla de Ometepe

... was only instant available at that time, no chance &amp; getting &amp; eating food as the restaurant opened late and then no bus either - not a happy bunny. Locals promised an 8.00am one - nada! By 9.15 still no coffee or breakfast or bus! Finally at 9.20 one rocks up but 9am ferry I'd hoped to catch not happening.<br><br>No coffee or restaurants at the dock in Moyogalpa while waiting for the 11am ferry but did find one tiny place cooking ...

... we are, we got completely ripped off at the ferry terminal when we had to pay $5 per person for the park entrance fee. The fee was supposed to be 10 cordobas (which is about 50 cents) however, the lady at the ferry terminal entrance knew we wouldn´t be able to argue with her (even though Kent tried) and she won. <br>We didn´t do too much planning before heading to Ometepe - all we knew was that we were probably going to do the hike and that we wanted to stay in ...

... wasn´t sure, but that he´d wait out by the<br>road and catch the same bus if he decided to come. We hit the hay early<br>in preparation for our big day.<br><br>Friday, we woke up really early and caught the 5 am bus back to Balgue.<br>We were stoked to see Manny get on the bus s well. We started the hike<br>at the Finca Magdalena, where we had a quick breakfast. The hike up was<br>pretty cool, through groups of coffee and cocoa plants. We got to try<br>the cocoa ...

... out Luis had asked us if we wanted to go to the top. We all agreed that we did, whats the point in climbing a volcano if you cant get to the top? Apparently you could stop at 1200 meters if you wanted to, but we felt we were fit enough to take it on. <br><br>We got out of the jungle at about 900 meters. The sun was beating down on us at this point, with just a bit of bush and grass around us. I made the mistake of looking up and seeing a hell of a lot of volcano still to climb. My ...

... green and wet. Awesome hike all round. <br><br>Me and Eugene, a Belarussian (yes, from Belarus!), realized about half way down that catching the ferry off the island would be a really, really close, so immediately after getting down, legs still shaking with fatigue, we set off for the port. We completely missed it and went to Ojo de Agua again, ending up in Moyogalpa for the night. Getting up at way-to-early-o ...

... asked for... i am just happy! 24.04.09 Finally I can say that time on the Pacific, with the people I met and the fun I had with surfin will be the one of a thousand places for me... I really loved being there and by now I know that cities are not my favorite spaces... I long for sea, bonfires, tranquility, ron&amp;coke and sleeping with the wind around your nose...definitely!

... smuggling around here). Our guide is not very motivated but I admit: it is hot and wet ! He and his friends have started a caiman project to preserve the caiman in the jungle. Nice to know is that Chanel gets his Ylang Ylang from this reserve.<br> <br>I'm being attacked by mosquitos and desparate for a cold drink. In the village, a brand new bar has opened. In other times, in another country, in another climate, it could have been a saloon.<br> <br>