ometepe island

We just left the island of ometepe, which is in lake nica. wow what a special place this was. An island basiclly formed from two volcanoes. (one of which erupted last feb. for 15 days.) the other day we hike up to the summit of one of them. it was 4600ft, and it took us 7 hours round trip. it was very very beautiful. The forest was roaring with the sounds of houwler monkeys. The last 1500ft was so steep that you had to use your hands to grab onto the vines to pull yourself up. This area up top was also a rain forest that is alway wet wet even when it does´nt rain. or they also call it a cloud forest. so so sweet up there. we are still sore from the hike, but it was well worth it. After almost 2 months on bikes our legs needed a workout, and that they did get!! The next day we rode our bikes around one of the volcanoes. it was a very rough dirt road that i really enjoyed a lot. oh and there was (petroglyphs?) all around the volcano. also very very cool. All in All ometepe was a wonderful experience.

Now we are in San Juan del sur. this is a beach-surf town on the pacific. On the bikes we go many days without seeing white people so its a little wierd when all of a sudden its like miami or something. big money here. mostly from the us of a. i GUESS there are some good things to be had here though. like live music tonight. so gotta go. peace and love to all Paul. 3-5-2011.