After a few days of partaking in the local festivities in San Juan Del Sur, it was a welcome relief to get to Ometepe. Ometepe is a volcanic island located in Lake Nicaragua. There are two volcanoes, Maderas (not active and about 1,300+ meters high) and Concepcion (active and about 1,600+ meters high). Both are available for climbing, but we chose R&R instead. We went to Playa Santo Domingo, a small black-sand beach located between the two volcanoes. Day one included a trip to Ojo de Agua, a small mineral pool said to either reduce your age by ten years or keep you the same age for the next fifteen. Not sure how long one needs to spend in the water to achieve either of these, but I am hoping for the later. Day two included beach time on the shallow beach of Playa Santo Domingo. The water was warm and a welcome change from the salt water from the Pacific Ocean. 
After Ometepe, we headed to Laguna de Apoyo, a crater lake located outside of Granada. It is amazing! Very tranquilo and beautiful. The lake water is even warmer than Ometepe, there are tons of hammocks, kayaks and only a few people. The sounds of nature are amazing, the birds sound like musical instruments and it's a much better wake up call then the roosters. This is quite possible my favorite place in Nicaragua so far. There are only two hostel options here, one is bring your own food, and the second is Crater's edge. The food is amazing and the atmosphere breeds relaxation along the waterfront.
Tomorrow, we head to Managua for then night in order to catch a 5am bus to El Salvador to surf along the Pacific Coast. Somehow my 'trip to Costa Rica' has taken on a life of its own in countries north of Costa Rica.
I added a link to more photos on the right.
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