Isla de Ometepe

Yesterday, we took a day trip to the island called Ometepe. It's an island in the middle of Lake Nicaragua, an enormous body of water six times the size of Lake Tahoe! Here it is relative to 

Juan Del Sur and the rest of Nicaragua. 

It takes about 30 minutes on the moto to get from SJDS to Rivas. Then we boarded a small ferry along with our moto for about $4. The first half of the ferry ride was full of excitement; there was a lot of wake and splashing going on! I was nervous to say the least and white-knuckle gripped the railing. Brandon, of course, was un-phased, cool and collected :) 

Here's a clip of the latter half of the boat ride; the waters were calmer and I actually had the guts to remove my hands from the railing to get my phone.

Once we got on the island, we decided to ride around and get a feel for the roads, the size of the island and see the two breathtaking volcanoes all the way around. The roads were rough in some spots, to say the least, but Brandon's a champ at handling giant rocks, huge puddles of water in the road and maneuvering around cows on the moto. My job, (which I think I do well), is to not freak out and knock us off balance when we're inches from a barbed-wire fence or zooming through mud, rocks and water. So much fun!!!

Here's a clip of us on a relatively smooth dirt road, cruising the island :)

We've been on the hunt for a fresh coco and we finally found it on the island. A sign right out of a local's house said they sold cocos, so we stopped feet from the road and watched a man use a saw on a stick cut us down two huge cocos, machete them open and hand them to us for less than a dollar. Although they were older coconuts, the water was light and the coco meat was a perfect snack before lunch.