Ay Nicaragua, Nicaranguita...

Many of you probably know that song. Yesterday was a series of misadventures. It was HOT!!! and everything we tried to go to was closed. We did have a nice walk through a forested area.Today we visited an anthropological museum on Ometepe. Very interesting. The guide spoke Spanish and minimal English, but I followed the gist of what he said, Kate did better. People may have come here from central Mexico. At any rate they traded with the Mayans, there is a big Mayan influence on their art, and ceremonies. They did some agriculture, corn and cocoa, and traded with places as far away as Columbia, and possibly Baja California. We both love Ometepe Island, and Nicaragua, but the heat here is driving us mad. We plan to come back sometime in the winter when breezes make it a bit cooler. Today we will cross the Lake, and stay one night in the town of Rivas. Friday we will catch a bus and head for coastal Costa Rica, which looks like it is cooler (we hope. ) We will be in Manuel Antonio National Park on the weekend, another place we have lots of nostalgia for... next post will be from there. Yes we will get Ometepe pix up, we have some good ones. ¡Adios para ahora!