Volcano Mombacho watches over the city of Granada like a silent giant, sometimes covered in clouds, it's cool air wafts downwards to cool off the city streets after the blazing sun has set. A visit to Granada is not complete until you have gone up to its peak some 1300m + high and luckily for a small fee you can ride a truck up to the top.... Although some crazy people prefer to hike it.
The other volcano "Masaya" close by continuously spews tonnes of fumes in the sky. There is aparently a pretty cool night tour of this volcano which includes a visit to see the red hot lava and a bat cave ( the latter I could pass on)... We plan to do that next week!
The twin volcano island of Ometepe
exudes mystery as we enjoyed the spectacular views from the banks of lake Nicaragua. It is the largest island in this massive lake and also is the largest volcanic island inside a fresh water lake in the world (fact I just learned on Wikipedia )
Everyone knows that where ever you find volcanos that crater lakes are never far away. A 20 minute cab ride from Granada takes you to a spectacular one called Laguna Apollo, where the water is the perfect temperature (warmed by lava apparently ) and is as clean as an Austrian mountain lake.
That's Daniel above showing his approval ...
We just spent a long lazy day lounging lake side, while Ivy was a pre-school and Connor was home with Carla our house keeper who for $2.50 US per hour does baby sitting. On our way home today I made a calculation... For 6 hrs of child care here we would pay the same amount for 1 hr in NYC. And pre-school cost for one month here what you would pay for 2 days back at home. No wonder we are meeting so many young foreign families with kids that are moving to Granada! Something to consider...
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