Wednesday, September 19, 2007
Granada to Isla Ometepe
It was time to leave Granada and the next destination was the island ometepe. It´s an island formed from two volcanos. The smaller one is dormant and has a lake in its crator and the larger one Concepcion is active, and is 1,610 metres.
We headed off to the far end of town to catch the chicken bus to Rivas. We got on the bus as usual pushing past all the vendors, selling soft drinks, nuts, god, water, cake, you get the idea. After waiting for about half an hour, a lady at the front got out of her seat to help a old man on to the bus, he grabbed hold of the drivers seat to steady his wobbly legs and then sat in it. The lady returned to her seat and made a crucifix sign. Usually our bet is will the bus make it to the destination, this time it was would the driver.
"Beautiful, we have a coffin dodger for a driver."
A taxi to the port, a boat and another bus we arrived at Altagracia. The start point for the 10 hour hike/scramble up the Volcan Concepcion. Went for our first choice of hotel, which was Hotel Central, then went in search for the tourist office to get a guide for the hike. Again very easy to find. Altagracia is not a large place. Getting for for the hike was. There`s not many shops. There`s not much at all. But that is what I liked about here.
We headed off to the far end of town to catch the chicken bus to Rivas. We got on the bus as usual pushing past all the vendors, selling soft drinks, nuts, god, water, cake, you get the idea. After waiting for about half an hour, a lady at the front got out of her seat to help a old man on to the bus, he grabbed hold of the drivers seat to steady his wobbly legs and then sat in it. The lady returned to her seat and made a crucifix sign. Usually our bet is will the bus make it to the destination, this time it was would the driver.
"Beautiful, we have a coffin dodger for a driver."
A taxi to the port, a boat and another bus we arrived at Altagracia. The start point for the 10 hour hike/scramble up the Volcan Concepcion. Went for our first choice of hotel, which was Hotel Central, then went in search for the tourist office to get a guide for the hike. Again very easy to find. Altagracia is not a large place. Getting for for the hike was. There`s not many shops. There`s not much at all. But that is what I liked about here.
