On my first visit to Ometepe Island, I ran Volcano Maderas. On my second, I climbed Concepcion. Joined together by an Isthmus, they are like two sisters sharing the same past but experiencing different realities. Formed by volcanic activity during the Holocene Epoch, together they shape Ometepe island. Named in the indigenous Nahuatl language, Ome […]
Hikes
Views from a Volcano: Volcano Mombacho
It is the rainy season here in Nicaragua and one just never knows when another Tormenta will roll through. I hiked up Volcano Mombacho after taking the coffee farm tour of Cafe La Flores, a beautiful finca on the slopes of the volcano supplementing and benefiting from the rich soils on the slopes of the […]