Nicaragua

What a place, Nicaragua has it all, colonial towns, mountains, beaches, surf, lakes, volcanoes, culture and great people. What I have seen of Nicaragua so far is beautiful, I visited the colonial town of Grenada, which is next to Lake Managua and has a great feel for a big old city. Walked around the city and enjoyed the old architecture and many of the friendly people.
The next day connected with some new friends and made our way to lake Nicaragua and the island of Ometepi. This island was created by two volcanoes that worked their way up out of the lake and eventually connected themselves through the eruption of lave. This may be one of the greatest natural settings I have ever been in. The two huge volcanoes towering over the lake, and covered in lush jungle gives you the feeling that you are stranded in a place of majestic tranquility.
The first night we were there we stayed in this beach hostel type place right on the beach. From the beach you could see both volcanoes and that night there was a large lightning storm. It started off over the lake in one direction and then as began back over and behind both volcanoes. So we watched the lightning go off in three different places which created this huge triangle vortex of lightning, which went on forever, repeatedly lighting the sky and the towering volcanoes.