We explored the road on horseback yesterday. The hotel arranged for a guide, Alberto, to take us up to Finca Magdalena, an organic shade-grown coffee farm. On the finca another guide, Elmer, showed us monkeys, petroglyphs, beehives, coffee plants, and the finca's coffee processing machinery (operational only in summertime, and very rudimentary - most of the work is still done by hand).
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| Horse bridle made of... electrical extension cord |
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| Finca Magdalena |
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| Nahuatl petroglyphs at Finca Magdalena |
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| Elmer leads us through the finca |
It was an amazing experience. But after clop-clopping all the way back to our hotel (a trip that took over an hour each way) I realized that we had completely forgotten to taste the finca's honey and coffee. (Doh!)
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| Elmer |
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| Alberto |
We spent the rest of the day swimming in Lago Nicaragua. At this time of year the water is high, so there is very little beach, and the water is only about three feet deep for dozens of meters out. It made a perfect swimming spot for Elliot, and we were the only people for probably 500 meters in either direction.
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| Beach across the road from Casa Istiam |
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