Today's breakfast is at the chocolate museum. My body should be happy for the extra antioxidants coursing through my body from chocolate produced so close to its source. Chocolate banana crepe, chocolate pineapple crepe... I stopped myself at two.
After all my obsessing the day before, I did manage to scheme away and find my way back to Pueblos Blancos. Alas, the piece that I had my eyes on is no longer there! Lucky for the artists, who are able to sell their wares. I am not too disappointed because there are many more beautiful pieces. I had planned to buy one, maybe two, but walked away with 4 new pieces.
Today, I am travelling with Paula and Fabian, two young people from Spain and Germany respectively, who have spent most of this year teaching kids in Honduras. They are quite willing to help me live out my obsession and take the one hour shopping detour with me. We are heading to Ometepe, an island in Lake Nicaragua with two volcanoes, joined by an isthmus created by their lava flow.
We board a small lancha, sailing over rough waters towards Ometepe. The water level is high, swamping much of the lower parts of the island. It is hard to imagine that we are on a lake and not an angry sea. We arrive in Playa Santo Domingo, except that there is no playa. I swing in a hammock listening to the crashing waves as night falls.
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