Isla de Ometepe Vacations, Isla de Ometepe Vacation Reviews, Tourism Guide

Isla de Ometepe, the largest volcanic island in the world, is located on Lake Nicaragua and absolutely breathtaking . . . well, on a clear day, anyways. I think we gotta stay away from Islands for a bit.  Everytime we step foot on one, the weather is horrible!! Luckily, we caught a glimpse of the island and it's volcanos - Volcán Concepción and Volcán Maderas.  But it was too good to be true, once again! In San Jorge, the weather couldn't have been better.  The s...

Well the original plan had been to hike up to the top of Maderas Volcano, which was about a 10hr hike, but seeing as it had been NYE the night before and we had all consumed a lot of rum, and the fact we would have had to get up at 5am, we decided to hike up to San Ramon Waterfall instead. We took a 2hr drive in a truck around the island first to get to the base of the volcano, and then started our journey up. Well, by the end of the first 1km up I could already hardly breathe and was feeling...

nach einem tag erholen am strand sind wir wieder reisefaehig und nehmen morgens um 4.45 uhr den ersten bus richtung grenze. der grenzuebergang (sowieso schon chaotisch organisiert und mit 1.5km-spaziergang durchs niemandsland) ist bei unserem dritten besuch anstrengender als je zuvor, mit nochmehr nicaraguanischen gastarbeitern die nach dem weihnachtsurlaub zurueck nach costa rica kehren. doch in alter ski-fahrer manier manoeverieren wir uns skrupellos aber unauffaellig an...

So after a tearful goodbye to the moms and my sis, and many promises (or lies...) to come home soon, we met up with an old friend and headed to the beautiful island of Ometepe in southern Nicaragua.  The island is comprised of two huge volcanoes nestled in the middle of Lake Nicaragua, a lake so large it could be one of the great lakes i suppose.  Anyway we had a little more beach time here, did a wee-bit of partying and then headed inland a little to the organic farm/Hostal of Zopo...