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DETAILS Ometepe Island. February 17, 2001. GETTING THERE: Continental, ... the fastest way to Ometepe is to take a one-hour bus to Granada and a one-hour hydrofoil ferry to the town of Alta Gracia.

BALGUE, Ometepe Island – On the northeast face of Maderas Volcano, several long and bumpy kilometers after the brick road ends, a community of foreigners and nationals dedicated to sustainable ...

OMETEPE ISLAND, Nicaragua — An island of dusty dirt roads, small brick houses and wandering livestock wouldn’t seem to have much in common with one of the Puget Sound area’s most affluent ...

OMETEPE ISLAND, Nicaragua — The little truck bounced along dirt roads, through tiny tin-roofed Nicaraguan villages where mangoes dangled from trees and women draped laundry to dry on bushes ...

BAINBRIDGE ISLAND – Since Bainbridge’s Kim and Ela Esterberg retired, they’ve typically spent a couple months each year on Ometepe Island in Nicaragua, enjoying their house and the ...