Casa Lydia

Bikes

Catedral

Cemetery

CentralPark

Casa San Francisco

Isletas

Dancers

Lakeside

La Merced

Volcan Masaya

Volcan Mombacho

Laguna Apoyo

SanSebastian

San Juan del Sur

Casa Lydia-2

Isletas-2

Lakeside-2

Wildlife

Catarina

Recodo

Ometepe

Library Yo Puedo

San Lazaro

Diriomo

Villas Mombacho

Masaya

Poesia

Lent

La Calzada

Building New Hope

Norte

Ometepe is the largest island in Lake Cocibolca, the largest lake in Central America. Ometepe is formed by two volcanoes, Concepción and Maderas, linked by an isthmus (map here). Idyllic Ometepe is a vacation destination for Nicaraguans and foreigners, yet remains relatively undeveloped. The principal economic activity is plantain agriculture. Volcán Concepción remains active, spewing gases regularly and erupting several times each century. Maderas is inactive, with a lake filling the crater. The ferry ride from San Jorge to Moyogalpa, the principal port of the island, took 90 minutes heading into a fierce wind, with 6 to 8-foot waves. We had left Granada on the 6:30am bus to Rivas, and made good connections, so we arrived at the Hotel Finca Venezia by 10:30am.

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Approaching Moyogalpa; Volcan Concepcion in clouds	Hotel Finca Venezia	Beach at Hotel Venezia	Beach at Hotel Venezia
Hotel Venezia mascot	Don relaxing on our cabin porch, Hotel Venezia	Walking along the beach toward Charco Verde	Washing clothes in Lago Cocibolca
Lois and friends on the beach near Hotel Venezia	Beach bums	Hotel residents on horseback, Charco Verde	Charco Verde (green pond)
White-throated magpie jay (Urruaca)	Punta Gorda, Reserva Charco Verde	Punta Gorda, Reserva Charco Verde	Punta Gorda, Reserva Charco Verde
Playa Bancon beach, Reserva Charco Verde		Volcan Maderas and Isleta Quista from Playa Bancon	Birds in the Charco Verde swamp