Scooting in Ometepe

Today we went Mopeding around the island of Ometepe, Nicaragua.  Yes Mum I know my insurance didn't cover it and yes it was dangerous but wow was it fun.

We had a beyond awkward breakfast with our families then the Canadian boys, the Yank, an Aussie girl the tour guide and Emma and I met and hired little mopeds for the day.

After a few not so impressive crashes (in the sand, no broken bones!) We were confidently off zipping around the island.we paired up and trusted the boys with our lives as they zipped through Ometepe. Greg (the american) and I definitely got the slowest, oldest one and as a result got lost a few times.

We drove about an hour and a half over every surface imaginable (the roads in Nicaragua are not up to Melbournes standard) then we finally arrived at the base entrance to a waterfall. We started walking up only to be told it would be a 1.5hr hike. Ricardo started ferrying us up via dirt bike in order to make the journey quicker... it didn't... from the parking area (around 3km up) it still took us around 2hrs with rest breaks to hike up! If anyone had told me I'd be hiking a volcano I would have laughed in their face!

Although the journey was tough the waterfall and views were amazing and almost worth the hike. It was then 4pm and we all realized we hadn't eaten since 7am so went off to a natural spring attached to a resort for lunch. Like the true Westerners we are we all ordered some form of burgers and fries (in fairness we've been surviving on beans and rice for a week straight now!). We then headed back but it started to turn dark and our little moped lights were no help at all so we rode home at about 30km an hour!

We arrived home and had a big bonfire and a couple of drinks to celebrate the fact that everyone had survived the day!

Off to Grenada tomorrow at 6am!

- K x