Trip #2: Playa, volcan & isletas!

This past weekend I had the good fortune of tagging along with my gringo neighbor (and self-appointed older brother) and his friend Tomek from Poland.  And thankfully Tomek was crazy enough to travel over here with his almost-two-year-old daughter Ester.  O baby! 

Little Ester who never gets upset and talks in Polish, English and now a little Spanish.  The perfect little entertainer.










Day 1: beach.  Sorry, no pictures on my camera from this one.  Too busy soaking up the sun with friends.

Day 2: Volcan Mombacho & boat tour of the little island around Granada. 

View from Volcan Mombacho... look at the little isleta spots in the lake!

I'd been to Granada before with a friend, but unfortunately we were not adventurous enough to actually make it to the isletas. Lake Cocibola near Granada has 365 little islands formed by a volcanic eruption.  For about $100K you can buy your very own island (cost of constructing and maintaining a house not included).



More monos that somebody dropped on a little island.  Apparently one of the neighbors feeds them everyday.... or the tourist.  See them snacking on Ranchitas?



Sunset cruise of the isletas with take-out hawaiian pizza with fresh tropical pineapple.  Could there be a better ending to a wonderful day?  O yes there can... Josely and I got serenaded by Tomek and Joseph.  Spoiled, aren't we?  The crazy thing is, they rehearsed "Besame mucho" but not this one... so what you're about to hear is totally impromptu.

(video to come)

Apparently these boys only serenade in Spanish which significantly limits their knowledge of songs, so the last song was "Feliz Navidad."