Semana Santa in Leon

Making of sawdust carpets

The carpets will be trampled by the parades.  It takes the artists about 3 hours to make.

More trekking photos.. more sunrises and sunsets

A boa constrictor found at cerro negro

Momotombo

Telica full moon

Telica full moon

Turquoise Browed Mot Mot National Bird of Nicaragua

Turquoise browed mot mot

woodpecker

Guis

View from Volcan Casitas

San Cristobal

blue crowned mot mot

wasp nest

El Hoyo, telica, cerro negro oh my

El Hoyo Las Pilas Trek

A beautiful trek.  We saw monkeys and got to finish in a lake.

Malachite butterfly 

El Hoyo - literally a big hole

cows at the top 

View of momotombo Volcano and lake managua

night photo overlooking the lake

Flowers at Telica

More lava at Telica and it is making a popping sound

Foggy Telica Trek

The flowers are starting to bloom around Telica

Across from Sonati

strangler fig on way to Cosiguina

Fruit eating pygmie bat at cerro negro

crater lagoon at cosiguina

San Cristobal San Cristobal at night

San Cristobal is Nicaraguas highest volcano.  It was a beautiful hike.  We saw so many butterflies and some catapillars and other cool insects.

San Cristobal at night (playing with light)

Top of San Cristobal there was a little water

So many butterflies

Butterflies everywhere

I think this is the black witch butterfly

Another beautiful butterfly

A view of matagalpa on an excursion