Paul and Lynette's Travels: 12/01/15 Granada to Ometepe Island

After breakfast we learnt of Diana's condition, the surgery had gone well and as this crime involved tourists the case had already come before the courts and we were told the young offender's had received 10 year sentences. We had a new tour leader for the morning Britt, we packed up and bused to the Catarina lookout with views of Laguna Apoyo. A phone call was made to the ferry to Ometepe and it was determine due to strong winds we should make haste. The start of the ride was downhill through a small village and narrow paved streets. The trip notes mentioned all the things we never stopped to see. Such as the white washed houses of Pueblo Blanco, the birth place and statue of General Sandino, the larger town of Masatepe, missed the coffee plantation, never knew we passed the continental divide. We joined the Pan American highway with all it's traffic, we put our bikes back on the bus after 10 miles (instead of 17 per trip notes) and headed to the town of San Jorge to catch the ferry to Ometepe Island, on the way we dropped Britt off as he had his own tour leaving shortly.
The ferry ride was bumpy dues to the winds and hot, Ometepe is a large figure eight shaped island in lake Nicaragua formed by two volcanos, Concepcion and Maderas. We had lunch on the island then rode another 10 miles to our accommodation "Charco Verde". The ride started at the Lake and finished at the same level, but felt all uphill with the wind working against us. The accommodation itself was very pleasant with a wonderful setting by the lake.