Corn Islands Here We Come!!!

This week we got our airline tickets from Atlantic Air (15 seater, I think) to fly to Big Corn Island and have confirmed our hotel reservations as well. From Big Corn we'd be crossing over to Little Corn on a 40 seater boat. Not bad as the northern winds are quite strong this time of year - I first imagined we'd be bobbing or more appropriately roller coasting on a dinghy. The wind can get so strong that they are sometimes forced to cancel boat transfers from Big Corn to Little Corn.

The Corn Islands especially Little Corn is one of the 'must-sees' in Nicaragua. With white sand beaches and the crystal clear blue waters of the Carribean sure makes it one of the coveted destinations of the country. Of course snorkelling, diving and gorging on lobsters and other seafood are 'must-dos'.

As we're not sure if we're staying a year more after 2009, we have made a list of places we must visit while we're here:

1. Rio San Juan
2. Morgan's Rock
3. Ometepe Island
4. Volcan Mombacho
5. Nueva Segovia

Part of the big plan while here is to drive from Nicaragua to Panama and from Nicaragua to the Yucatans in Mexico. We have done the Nicaragua-Costa Rica-Panama route this New Year which I'll blog about as soon as I get my act together. The other route is still under construction. A separate trip to Cuba, Roatan, Honduras, Bogota and Cartagena, Colombia and Peru is also in the offing. Bogota and Cartagena are sure bets as we have ordered tickets and hotels for the Holy Week.

A daunting task. Let's see how much of it we'd be able to do.