The island of Ometepe – reminiscent of some dark, prehistoric otherworld – rises from lake Nicaragua with misty twin volcanoes. Arid volcán Concepción is active and periodically spews ash. Smaller Volcán Maderas is dormant and swathed in cloud forest. The island’s unearthly feel is reinforced by scores of middle-of-nowhere indigenous villages and prolific pre-Columbian relics that depict everything from shamans to blood-thirsty snake gods. These photos were snapped in February 2010, during the dusty dry season.
Slideshow: Isla Ometepe
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Awesome! I saw a photo of Ometepe the other day… taken from space by this astronaut who posts photos on Twitter every day from a space station. The latest Flickr photos… are they from Panama?
Hi Kat, thanks for your comment. Strange to think there’s a spaceman twittering from orbit – I wonder if he does facebook too. The latest flickr photos are from the Rio San Juan and Rio Indio, southeastern Nicaragua, but I have yet to organise them into slideshows.