We traveled down to Ometepe Island with an English couple, Lynsey and Nick, whom we met for the first time in Guatemala three weeks ago. By chance we bumped into them again in Granada and were all heading in the same direction. It was a long journey there -taxi, bus, taxi, boat, bus - but after seven hours we made it to the small beach resort at Santo Domingo. We stayed two nights at Villa Paraiso for around US$20 a night - a charming little place with pigs wandering around the grounds and a monkey named Tony.
The island, the largest in a freshwater lake, is formed by two large volcanoes - the active Concepcion and the dormant Madera, which forms a figure eight shape lying on its side. Santo Domingo is right at the center of the eight on the northern shore. It is known as the windiest place in Nicaragua and from our beach bungalow I can see why. From our bed we could see the lake and the beach but the wind whipped in from the northeast the whole time. My initial plans to scale Madera and repel into the crater to see the lake were dashed because there were not enough people interested to get a tour group together. I would have to leave another volcano unconquered.
Our view of Lake Nicaragua from Ometepe
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