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Picture 1 - Shannon on the way back from the bike tour to Chaco Verde
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Picture 2 - Scott passing the herd of cows on our bike tour
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Picture 3 - Volcanoe Conception, unfortunately the cloud does not and would not clear
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Picture 4 - Lago Nicaragua from the Restaurant at Chaco Verde Inn
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Picture 5 - The Lane way from Chaco Verde Inn looking at Volcanoe Concepcion
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Ometepe is a very interesting in that it is an island on the largest fresh water lake in Central America and was formed by two Volcanoes Concepcion and Maderas and these two have been connected by lava that had flowed out into the lake and over the last 1000 years. Both of the volcanoes have not been active since 1957 but they still off-gas and thus it is very rare to see their tops as they are always covered in cloud cover like a halo.
From San Juan del Sur we took a cab to San Jorge and right away boarded on the ferry across which was a boat that carried around 20 cars and had three decks to sit on. We arrived in San Jose del Sur and caught a pick-up truck taxi to Laguna Chaco Verde (green lagoon) and had some lunch and checked into a cabana that was divided with two rooms with separate doors, hammocks on the porch and some lazy chairs. We headed on a small hike to look at the lagoon, check out a look-out over the lower reaches of the island and then ventured to find another beach that we were unsuccessful. It was very hot so we had a bunch of beers with lunch of course... good ol Tona (pronounced Tonya) and laid out our towel and took in some beach time and swimming. Shannon and I rented two suspect bikes and went for a tour into the sunset to check out the country side (the island only really had one road around most of the shore line and one through the middle). Scott waited for the clouds to clear on Concepcion to get a picture of the sunset gleaming on the sides of the volcano but oc course this did not happen as it is rarely clear. We carried on and found ourselves behind a herd of cows. We soon turned back to the Inn but did not forget to buy a 26’er of 7 year old Cana de Flors Rum or as they say here Ron, a 3 litre bottle of Coke and some snacks and biked back to find Chris and Heather on the hammock and lazy chair so they were already in the Ron drinking position. I walked over to our bar/restaurant and got two full glasses of ice which they were reluctant to give us as they have their ice shipped in from town. We literally had 2 drinks each and the bottle was gone, should have bought a 40 ouncer as it was delicious. The guys at the restaurant on site, the only place to really eat within a kilometre or so came over to our cabana to ask if we wanted any supper and since Ron had left us it was time for beers and a great supper at the sandy floor restaurant overlooking beautiful Lago Nicaragua.
From San Juan del Sur we took a cab to San Jorge and right away boarded on the ferry across which was a boat that carried around 20 cars and had three decks to sit on. We arrived in San Jose del Sur and caught a pick-up truck taxi to Laguna Chaco Verde (green lagoon) and had some lunch and checked into a cabana that was divided with two rooms with separate doors, hammocks on the porch and some lazy chairs. We headed on a small hike to look at the lagoon, check out a look-out over the lower reaches of the island and then ventured to find another beach that we were unsuccessful. It was very hot so we had a bunch of beers with lunch of course... good ol Tona (pronounced Tonya) and laid out our towel and took in some beach time and swimming. Shannon and I rented two suspect bikes and went for a tour into the sunset to check out the country side (the island only really had one road around most of the shore line and one through the middle). Scott waited for the clouds to clear on Concepcion to get a picture of the sunset gleaming on the sides of the volcano but oc course this did not happen as it is rarely clear. We carried on and found ourselves behind a herd of cows. We soon turned back to the Inn but did not forget to buy a 26’er of 7 year old Cana de Flors Rum or as they say here Ron, a 3 litre bottle of Coke and some snacks and biked back to find Chris and Heather on the hammock and lazy chair so they were already in the Ron drinking position. I walked over to our bar/restaurant and got two full glasses of ice which they were reluctant to give us as they have their ice shipped in from town. We literally had 2 drinks each and the bottle was gone, should have bought a 40 ouncer as it was delicious. The guys at the restaurant on site, the only place to really eat within a kilometre or so came over to our cabana to ask if we wanted any supper and since Ron had left us it was time for beers and a great supper at the sandy floor restaurant overlooking beautiful Lago Nicaragua.
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