Ometepe, Nicaragua

We spent yesterday on the beautiful Isla de Ometepe, an island formed by two volcanoes out in a large lake in Nicaragua. Walking around the main town of Myogalpa, you can see the largest of the volcanoes looming in the distance, always with some clouds rolling over its peak. It was definitely an amazing site to behold. 

Volcano through the banana trees!

We spent the day on the motorbike going around the island; Nate at the wheel and me behind him holding on for dear life, and being grateful for the speed bumps that made us slow down. He wasn’t driving fast (don’t worry mom!), I’m just a scaredy cat. Part of the island was paved, but the majority was a very rocky dirt road that we had to go slowly over. The island is filled with bright green banana trees, and again you can always see one of the volcanoes off in the distance. Everyone in Nicaragua is so friendly; locals would always say hi and wave when we rode by, and were often seen joking around or rough housing with each other. Everyone seemed pretty jovial. 

At the end of our trip we stopped at agua de ojo, a little swimming hole between the two islands where lots of people were hanging out, locals included. We ended up spending about 5 or 6 hours on the bike, and the tops of my thighs got sun burnt, ouch! Ometepe was a beautiful island, the only downfall was that we were there on a Sunday, and pretty much no restaurants were open. Probably the worse food we’ve had yet. For dinner we were only able to find one pizza place open, but they were only a small step above eating cardboard. There are plenty of good looking restaurants on the island, they just all close on Sundays. Today we made our way to San Juan del Sur, and we’re both ready for some more beach time!

In San Juan del Sur there's a little bridge going over a creek that was reminiscent of a very, very small scale version of the Golden Gate. It reminded me of living in Marin, and I just had to take a picture.