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.
