19/08/2017
Pros of Island Life
1. The stunning beauty of our natural surroundings reduces stress and contents me. Living with an active volcano in our backyard that entertains us with constantly changing cloud formations and an enormous lake in our front yard with the ebbs and flows of life entrances me.
2. It is a great place for walking and hiking. We get lots of exercise daily because we can walk everywhere. Island living is easy to navigate.
3. Living on a tropical island sets me up for appreciation success. I am naturally inclined to appreciate the things around me without the constant buzzing and annoyances of city life.
4. I am more creative. If we want something that is not available on the island, we make it. I've made lamp shades, buttermilk, nancite wine, and even PVC pipe shutters for our casita. Googling has become my door to the world of make-it-yourself.
5. I get to experience a radically different lifestyle because there are no gated gr**go communities here. It's total cultural immersion where you must be able to communicate in Spanish and immerse yourself in small villages dotted throughout the island.
6. It is cheaper. Comparing expenses with San Juan del Sur or Granada, we can live much cheaper on Ometepe Island than the bigger cities.
7. It is cooler. We live lakeside, and we constantly have a nice breeze. Cities in Nicaragua are hot, hot, hot.
8. It is safer. We are predominantly an agricultural island with fields of beans, plantains, rice, bananas, and to***co. We have strong communities where everyone knows everything! Mainly crimes of opportunity exist, meaning that you don't leave anything outside and unprotected. The problem for thieves on an island is that they have to get the stolen goods off the island to sell them. When a robbery occurs, we generally call the police and the police station themselves at the ferries to check for stolen goods… that is only if your neighbor doesn't know the thief. Usually the neighbors know exactly who stole what!
