A newsletter about travel after kids.
Until a recent trip to Jordan's Wadi Rum desert in March of 2018, Isla Ometepe in Nicaragua was the most remote place I had ever been. This island formed by two volcanoes (active Concepción and nonactive Maderas) holds a certain allure.The course of natural history that created this place feels so unlikely to have occurred, two massive volcanoes rising out of Lake Nicaragua to form an island, that getting to spend time here holds a bit of unexpected magic.
Read MoreOur plan of staying just a single night in Laguna de Apoyo would have quickly been foiled if we did not have a Treehouse Airbnb waiting with our name on it in our next stop in Nicaragua. By the time dinner rolled around on the evening we arrived, we had already cancelled a pre-planned volcano outing in favor of spending more time on this pristine, quiet lake. How excited we were to learn that we loved Apoyo is connected to, frankly, how little we initially expected from it.
Read MoreSometimes the decision to visit a place stems from reading a great Condé Nast Traveler article or from a long-grown association with how we imagine the culture to be. The reason we selected Nicaragua (the southwestern part of the country to be exact) was much simpler: the recommendation of a friend who spoke so highly of her trip we were convinced that we needed to see this country as well.
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