Boat ride and lunch with Bosco

We crammed a lot into a boat ride and lunch

We arrange to go on a boat ride with a guide that was recommended by Jeremey. Bosco turned up and we followed him to theboat dock for a boat ride on the lake Nicaragua that Granada is on.

We walked along sandbags and a few planks as the water level is quite low this year and boared a boat with Bosco and a driver (he said it was the one he uses all the time)

First stop after winding through really small islands was the island with the monkeys, we had stopped to buy some stinky cheese for them (and bread for fishing, but more of that later).  They came to our calls and seemed to really like the cheese, the baby really clung on tight to mothers back.

We had them to ourselves for a while but soon 3 more boats turned up so we moved on. Next it was fishing by hand using the bread. Bosco caught several and gave them to the kids but Sam was patient and determined and it paid off, he caught his very own.

This was us all on the boat.

The islands were created when the volcano (Mombacho) exploded, pilling rocks and lava into the lake.

After the boat we drove to a restaurant that Bosco took us to, I think we were the only tourist, Bosco ordered family style, a huge fish, cooked on the grill and we all had some rice and vegetables to go with it. So yummy.

Nathan, poking at the fish trying to find the brains.

First house we stayed at was in Granada

So for the first week we stayed in Granada

This was the house we rented: http://www.homeaway.com/vacation-rental/p301913vb

It had everything, from hammocks

To an indoor (sort of) swimming pool

 masks on the wall

 Views from everywhere, out over the city to the cathedral

 Trees inside the house (basically the center of the house was open with a garden and a pool in the middle. Sort of like camping but in a house, we loved it but the one issue was that it was so open, one day we had a bat hanging out with us and we constantly had to clean up any food and pull out the bin bad every day otherwise we would get overrun by ants, large and small)

 Great tiles

 Even a view from the outdoor, first floor, shower to a volcano!

 we certainly heard bells

 but no rumble of volcanic action (must have been my stomach)