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The word Ometepe is derived from the Aztec language meaning two mounts and the name could not be more befitting for this island in Lake Nicaragua. This island was formed when two volcanoes, Concepcion and Maderas, rose from the waters of the lake and are now connected by a small isthmus that gives the island an hourglass shaped when view from high above.
For nearly 6 months out of the year (roughly from July to December), hundreds of thousands of rare sea turtles return to the same beach in which they were born to lay millions of eggs. There are other places in the world that bear witness to turtle hatching, but Nicaragua is one of only four countries where turtle hatchings occur on such a large scale.
Veteran and not-so-veteran surfers refer to that magic moment when you find yourself inside the tube of a curling wave as "riding the barrel". If you're lucky enough to make it that far on these waves you may refer to it as something else. Something along the lines of "...the most awesome experience I've ever had in my life...!"
Born poor, raised by his grandfather, knowing his father as an uncle and only visiting with his mother twice, published at the age of twelve, at fifteen read his own poetry before the president of his country, published his first book of poems (Azul) at twenty-one, credited with starting the modernism movement, beloved by the Spanish speaking world and barley known to anyone else, this was the life of Nicaraguan poet Ruben Dario.
Picture this: you slip on a pair of heavy gloves to avoid burning your hands. You jump of a platform that sits high above the ground. Kick your feet out and free fall down to the platform beneath you.
It's late afternoon and you find yourself effortlessly gliding on still waters - your kayak leaving a trail of ripples in it's wake. Lake Nicaragua - also known as Lake Cocibolca - isn't just the tenth largest freshwater lake in the world, and the second largest in Latin America - it is a kayaking and canoeing paradise.
Have you ever wondered what scuba diving was like before the cruise ships set anchor upon every reef in the world? Before all the coastal shores lined up with weekend swimmers? Before the lazy drift dive became the norm? Little Corn Island is just the place.
Nicaragua is a Central American nation of approximately 5.5 million people that was first discovered by Spanish conquistadors in the 1520s. Nicaragua's friendly, hard-working people boast a variety of ethnic heritages in addition to the predominant Spanish and native Amerindian.
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