Ometepe Island - Some Pics Need Captions04/09/2010
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Approach to Ometepe...2 Volcanos Joined by Lava Flow
Different Ferry Kind of Like Ours
View of 2 Volcanos - Ometepe
| Leaving Oasis Hostel today...been a good place to stay, lots of different people, big group from Global College, Long Is. U. here...very interesting 4 year program, travel to different parts of world every year for 4 months of their education. One next year will study comparative religions going to Turkey, Taiwan, India, and Thailand. Left hostel w/ friends we met (Nina & Nels from Denmark, Greta from Sweden) and bus to Rivas & San Jorge. Countryside is brown & dry except in a few cases where land owners obviously have access to irrig water - stream or wells - then it's acres of rice, sugar cane, & bananas. Dry areas have cattle ranches, a few goats. Of course, this being 'cowboy country' there also are lots of horses in 'fields' grazing on what I cannot tell. Looks like MT in late summer of a particularly dry year! In Rivas we got taxis to ferry (just missed) so a little wait and then boat to Ometepe island. Again just missed bus so the end result we found ourselves hiking up the hill to Balgue & Finca Magdalena in the dark. Luckily there is plenty of room, Bon & I opt for a "dorm" room w/ just 3 beds which is 50 cents more but has a fan...they don't put anyone else in our room so it is like a private room, nice, basic - just the beds and fan, ha! Tons of people here incl John from Crater's Edge and Monica from Oasis...plus, Suzanne (girl from UK who is travelling for 3 years...met in Juayua). Next day (10th)spent much of the time talking with Monica, Suzanne, Greta, John, Nels and Nina. Taught them Up and Farkel! 4/11 Sunday the night before we were planning to leave w/ Greta and Canadian couple, James & Miranda on 4:45am bus so we settle our bills and packed. But as luck would have it James & Miranda have a Cribbage board and we play some plus a fellow, Kyle, who works now for AID as a consultant (used to full time) gets some others into Yatsee. This gaming morphs into a late nite Farkel in which Kyle beats us all TWICE by huge amt. The plan to leave went out the window! We all opt to stay 'til Monday. I only agreed because the group as a whole had lots of game playing folks (plus, they are a fun group as well). We go on a hike to see the petroglyphs....see pics. Ometepe Info Finca Magdalena is a very laid back place and reasonably priced - not really cheap but definately less than most others we've stayed - $3 US dorm bed, most food meals $4 US or less. Only draw back is clouds of tiny flying bugs (non-biting at least) which are very annoying and the showers are FREEZING! |
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