I'm currently writing from the Corn Islands, and am still in Nicaragua. Man, we are going to have to get a move on if we plan on making our flights out of Cancun! Turns out there's far too much to do and too many places to go in one month in Central America. Who knew. Good thing flights are cheap. I'm going to have to come back to this region!
The Corn Islands are a couple of small islands off of Nicaragua's Caribbean coast. Because we began to realize our time-crunch predicament, all three of us girls decided to fly from Managua to the Corn islands, and back. A little more money, sure, but several days on a bus saved. The more island time the better!
I suppose I should fill in the time since my last post as well. After Ometepe, James, Linda, Amanda and I travelled by ferry and chicken bus to the colonial city of Grenada. I love colonial towns! I've visited a few now, and I never cease to be amazed at some of the beauty of the architecture. It blows my mind to see these structures still standing, often in quite good condition, despite being built so many years ago. We spent a few days in Grenada enjoying the ambiance of the city and staying at the lovely Oasis hostel, situated in a colonial building itself with open courtyards, lush plants, hammocks casually distributed. I especially enjoyed the small but pretty pool the hostel had in an open to air courtyard. The heat and humidity resulted in me jumping in for a dip multiple times a day.
We also made up for our volcano failure at Ometepe. On a whim, we decided to sign up for an evening tour without really reading through it. I was almost glad I didn't find out more, because I was pleasantly surprised again and again on our tour. We visited an active volcano, viewed it from different angles, watched the sun set over it and learned a lot from our knowledgable guide. Next we visited a bat cave where we stood with thousands of bats zooming by our heads as they left their home for the night sky. We hiked through the cave, and then returned to our lovely volcano again to look for lava in the crater at night. The tour just didn't stop! We decided this was a much nicer way to explore a volcano, and much more impressive as well.
As I mentioned, after Grenada we made our way to the corn islands, which is where we are now. James stayed in Grenada, and Linda sadly left us for Guatemala after spending a few days with us here. Amanda is busy getting her PADI Open Water scuba certification, and I've been very busy doing very, very little. Little Corn Island is pretty undeveloped, with no roads and no vehicles of any kind. It's a pretty relaxing place. I typically fit in one to two dives a day, read my book, swim and explore the island. It's a rough life I tell you! Although I think after our week here, I might actually be ready to come home and study and do things again.
Till next update friends!
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