Isla Ometepe

01/24/2008 | Location: Isla de Ometepe, Nicaragua

Down at the beach, we met Aaron, a nine-year-old, playing on the lake's shores with Volcan Concepcion far in the background.

(Photo and caption by Thushan Amarasiriwardena / LongJaunt.com)

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