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On the ferry ride back to mainland Nicaragua, lots of local boys from Ometepe got on board of the boat. The ticket guy doesn't take your tickets until the boat is already in motion, so it's easy to walk on for a while if you want to. In what's apparently pretty common, these boys get on the boat, and then, once it starts to leave the port, they jump off into the lake. The biggest, wildest kids jump off the roof of the three story boat, which you can't see here, but it's pretty high up, trust me. Unfortunately, my camera takes about a minute per photo, so I wasn't able to get any really good pictures, mostly just splashes in the water after the fact. At any rate, here's a couple kids jumping off from the main level.

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Edgar and I had a few meals at a nice hotel called Villa Paraiso on Ometepe. It's on Lake Nicaragua. You eat outdoors, which is actually not uncommon in Nicaraguan restaurants where the line between indoors and outdoors often blurs. But unlike most restaurants, this one has beautiful tropical birds that come hang out in the trees ten feet away from where you're dining. I took these photos from our dinner table. Unfortunately, I don't know what sort of bird this is, but if you tell me, I'll be happy to credit you.

Update: As John pointed it, it appears to be a White-throated Magpie-Jay. That's a lot of hyphens for one bird. They seem to be quite friendly, or at least don't mind posing for photos.

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This is Edgar on the beach Playa Santo Domingo on Lake Nicaragua. It's a nice place with little rancho umbrellas in the water and on the shore. It's a very nice looking beach.