During their visit, we had many memorable adventures. We know that it wasn't the "easiest" vacation they've ever had, but it was AMAZING for Bryan & I...they'll never know how much their visit meant to us
We went to Ometepe Island & stayed on a plantation (coffee, plantains, corn, red beans & cocoa), Finca Magdalena. Finca Magdalena stretches out along the foothills and up the slopes of Volcano Maderas. It's a 864 acre organic farm run by a collective of 24 families.The surroundings were quite beautiful, but the accommodations definitely were NOT 5 Star...think camping
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| After making the trip to the plantation, we were told by the locals that our motorbikes would not make it all the way up to the plantation through the dirt/rocky road. So, they offered to allow us to leave out bike on their property |
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| We took a guided hike through the coffee plantation & saw how the beans were dried & processed...super old school. ALL of the high quality/grade beans are exported out of the country |
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| This was our cabin...ask Ray Anne about our cabin spiders, haha |
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| We took an agonizing 5 hour waterfall hike...as you can see from the one photo, the waterfall was TINY!! I have to admit that I was dying, but we suffering through it together...memories. Along the way, we saw more of the beautiful plantation....then hiked over slippery boulders...YIKES |
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| We took a tour around the beaches of San Juan Del Sur, snorkeling & a bit of fishing |
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| Our snorkeling guide gathered all kinds of critters from the bottom...sea cucumbers, urchins, oysters, etc |
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| Bryan decided to eat an oyster while we were still on the boat...I was grossed out, but he LOVED it |
On our way back, they trolled fishing lines through a school of black tuna. This was Bryan's catch
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| They skinned & filleted the tuna while we were on our way back, then handed Bryan the tuna steaks. We walked them up to a beach-side restaurant & asked them to cook it for us for $5 per person...weirdly looked like beef once it was cooked, but really good :-) |
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