Todays NicaPOD is from Kevin Gallagher (honkyis@charter.net) from his visit to Volcano Cosiguina and environs. What a great trip! Thanks Kevin!"I had heard of these cliffs and even saw some fuzzy pictures on Google Earth but the view from the plane on the trip down from El Salvador confirmed that there indeed were some impressive cliffs at the end of the Cosiguina Peninsula facing the Fonseca Gulf.
We were staying 30 miles south of the end of the peninsula and we figured it to be a easy trip up there to to take a look. Asking around we soon found out only one bus a day went up that far to Punta Nata and no one knew when was the best time to catch it. So one morning we left early, stuck our thumbs out, two rides and three hours later we ended up in the small village of Punta Nata at the tip of the peninsula. Luckily we found this young chap there with a Toyoto 4X4 who agreed on a fair price to take us for a look see to the cliffs. We were utterly amazed by not only the height but of the half moon shapes . The views across the Gulf to the volcanoes in El Salvador were spectacular and the colors and hues of the water are something no camera could catch. Turning around to look inland the volcano Cosiguina was sitting there watching you.
For a multi media show on this subject go to http://www.photodex.com/sharing/browse.
My member name to put in is Honky, then look for the album Nicaragua and click on the show "Cliffs of Cosiguina"."
Note from Vera: This is not available for Mac users unfortunately! Thanks again Kevin for your story!
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