OMETEPE ISLAND, Nicaragua — An island of dusty dirt roads, small brick houses and wandering livestock wouldn’t seem to have much in common with one of the Puget Sound area’s most affluent communities.

As Nicaragua quickly becomes a favored tourist destination for many travelers, the time to visit is now. In the heart of the country lies Central America's largest lake called Lake Nicaragua, ...

OMETEPE ISLAND, Nicaragua – Nicaragua’s newest airport is officially open and that means it’s even easier to get to the enchanting Ometepe Island in the middle of Lake Nicaragua. OMETEPE ISLAND, ...

Thank you for the lovely Travel-section article about Ometepe Island in Nicaragua (by Kristin Jackson, Nov. 4). It was a delight to read. Our school, Beacon Hill here in Seattle, has had a ...

OMETEPE ISLAND, Nicaragua — A stiff wind shoves the battered little ferry, radio blaring from the open-windowed pilothouse, as it chugs across Lake Nicaragua toward the island of Ometepe. Locals doze ...

In its focal point where the ferry boats come after a sweaty, slow and chugging trip from Rivas and then San Jorge, there’s quite a large crowd of tourists who come here: either escaping their busy ...

Five missionaries from Christ Church in Woodbury left today for Ometepe Island in Lake Nicaragua to begin the second annual, foreign missionary trip. The missionary team was blessed and commissioned ...