Nicaragua Transportation

Try to get a ride with a truck to go there... awesome ride!

When you are going to take a bus to Santo Tomás, don't take the normal bus, take an ''expresso'' bus!!, this will save you of having a chicken over your head!, I'm serious.

Put on your seat belt when you take a cab!!, the drivers are crazy!

Put on your seat belt when you take a cab!, believe me, the drivers are crazy!

Buses are infrequent but do exist. I got the impression that hitchhiking is commonplace and relatively safe (don't hold me to that, still use good judgement.) The ferries sail into Moyogalpa and Altagracia. The best place to stay on the island is the Finca Magdelena in Balgue. You can look up there website, bu you can sleep on a hammock they provide for $2.00 per night, there are other accomodations there as well. It is an Organic Coffee Cooperative, and they subsidise their income with Tourism. They offer many hikes and excursions, and cheap meals. Another very cool place to stay is with a Homestay family in the small town of Los Angeles. You can organise this with the Casa Canadiense in Managua, and I believe there are other places it is possible to organize this as well. Basically I think of Ometepe as paradise, so don't miss it, and stay as long as you can.