Hiking Conception Volcano on Ometepe Island

The truth is, the hike up Conception Volcano on #OmetepeIsland in #Nicaragua was the toughest I've ever done, but was so worth it for the views and to test my own strength. The volcano actually passes through five distinct ecosystems, meaning the vegetation, landscape and insects are constantly changing. While the dry primary forest showed me howler white-throated capuchin monkeys and the standard spiders and beetles, the top Nebligases ecosystem showed me pioneer #cloud gas vegetation bugs that literally appeared from Mars, ants the size of grapes, flies with neon yellow zebra stripes and metallic green click beetles that reflected the surrounding steam. Talk about otherworldly!