After 3 wonderfully relaxing days in San Jose, Costa Rica,
our journey to Ometepe Island, Nicaragua consisted of waking up at 4:15am,
walking, bus, another bus, very hot disorganized boarder crossing, another bus,
taxi, ferry, another bus, then being stranded in the dark in the middle of
nowhere. At this point, it’s 7pm, dark, unsafe to be out at night, and in some
town called El Quino with nothing around. Luckily, a van pulls up and says he’d
drive us where we want to go for $2 each. Perfect. We’re saved.
In one day,
that’s 4 buses, 2 taxis, and a ferry.
(Taxi ride from Rivas to the ferry)
(Ferry to the island)
Our destination of this crazy journey: El Zopilote, an
organic farm/hostel on the beautiful Ometepe Island. This island is made up of
2 volcanoes (Concepción and Maderas) that sit in a lake supposedly with fresh
water sharks! Crazy. Ometepe is the largest volcanic island inside a fresh
water lake in the world.
El Zopilote turned out to be more hostel than farm which was
a bummer for us. The volunteers didn't seem very friendly or inviting which may have
been because it was Sunday (their day off)….either way we didn’t get a good
welcoming vibe so we stayed 1 day and left. It could be viewed as a waste, but
we learned some cool history about Nicaragua’s most beautiful piece of nature,
got to shower outside under the stars, and forage for food.
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| Our little cabaña. |
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| PB and J...always a must in our bags. And a delicious salad we foraged for....3 different types of greens, lemon, salt, a small package of mayo we took from a hotel in Costa Rica, and a boiled egg. Not bad. |
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