Into the Wild Spaces

Beautiful Lake Apanás, constructed in the '60s by President Somoza and nearly destroyed in the '90s by Hurricane Mitch.  It's long and wide and really not all that deep- in some places you can spot cattle way out in the middle grazing in water up to their bellies- but it's the source of half of the nation's hydropower, and it's gorgeous on a cloudy day.

The stone embankment is an emergency measure installed post-hurricane Mitch.  Off in the distance, the mountains of Jinotega contain hillsides full of coffee and oranges.