Up early and breakfast at the hotel again before climbing into our mini van for our drive to the coast. Our destination was Ometepe Island, Lago de Nicaragua's largest island. To get there we had to board a ferry, and at first I read (finally finished my book, The Illusionist), but the music dvd that was playing on a dodgy old tv screen son went to the title screen and stayed there. The same continuous loop of a few bars of salsa music was threatening to drive me insane, so I tried to go to sleep to pass the time, with some success. screen soon went to the title screen and stayed there. The same continuous loop of a few bars of salsa music was threatening to drive me insane, so I tried to go to sleep to pass the time, with some success. We were met on the island by another little mini van, and taken to our hotel. I loved it straight away. It was right on the edge of the lake, with its own little beach, and the rooms were little beach huts with their own porches and ROCKING CHAIRS. Very exciting. From the front of the hotel there was a stunning view of one of the two volcanoes that make up the island: Volcan Concepcion, the active one. At 1610m high, it's Nicaragua's second highest volcano.
After lunch in the hotel (tomato soup - the vegetarian food is getting progressively less inspiring) we had free time to freshen up and I spent quite a while just chilling out on the porch in one of the rocking chairs, enjoying the view and starting my next book. I've chosen Saturday by Ian McEwan, and I'm rocketing through it so far. I always forget just how much I love McEwan's prose until I read something else of his. It's brilliant so far.
We ate tea in the hotel. A plate of vegetables was my only real choice, and after eating it I had to give in and order papas frites (chips) to try and properly satisfy my hunger. Yesterday's good food day cancels out today's bad one, I suppose.
There's not much else to say about today, really. I'm looking forward to enjoying the island some more tomorrow, as Natasha, Jeremy and I are booked onto a tour that covers quite a few things on the island.
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