Ometepe exit-us
Ometepe - an island paradise and jewel of Nicaragua. Also home to a billion little flies (chayules) that come out a handful of times a year and stick around until they die or it rains. We did not stay long enough to complete the study of their demise. I was going to reference something biblical about plagues, fleas and locusts, but I doubt our infestation was as bad as one of the plagues. However, it did make us leave, along with a few others, "Let my people go". We packed our bags and caught the first ferry out.
That's not sand haze, it's the flies
We arrived Saturday, as mentioned in the last blog, after a trip which took us seven hours to go about 100 km in distance. The buses are cheap (like 2$ for the both of us compared to a $40 cab) but can be well more than double the time in travel. So Saturday on the island we relaxed and decided to do the same Sunday. Monday was meant to be the big day for us to see it all but Sunday afternoon the bugs arrived. It was neat for the first hour but when there was a drunk guy passed out and covered with a couple thousand and the sun set, and they continued and continued, we got fed up. Morning came, (thankfully we had our bug net during the night) we packed our bags and took off a day early. The travel back to Granada was smooth except that my fever was peaking which I had been nursing for a few days with beer, rum and cigars. One night in Granada to regain my health and we are now in Managua waiting for our flight to the Corn Islands. 
We took the boat in the front
My kind of Eco-Lodge - A/C and Hot Water
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