The car ferry arrived from the far shore of the lake. One the ferry's side were written the words:

Ferry Ometepe No. 1
Empresa Turistica Milton Arcia

Which translates into:

Ferry Ometepe No. 1
Milton Travel Company Arcia

On the main deck lay an anchor with only a tiny amount of rode (chain). Line was coiled on it and near it, along with a wet mop and a broom.

A pile of chain lay in the fore-peak of the main deck. Docking line was coiled near that chain.

A passenger stood near the fore-peak of the main deck and watched the slow approach of a distant shore.

Another ferry traveled the opposite way, inbound toward Ometepe Island. In contrast to the steel car ferry were were on, the other ferry was constructed of wood.

Lovers stood outside on a lower deck. Here they looked toward the stern at the departing Ometepe Island.

The shore toward which we headed was basically a ferry terminal and little else.

Here a tourist pointed toward the nearing shore.

A breakwater marked our arrival at the far shore. A couple of tourists watched the ferry enter.

A small line with a weight on its end was thrown to a worker on shore. It is possible to throw a light line far. It would be impossible to toss the main thick line that far.

The man on shore used the light line to pull the heavy docking line over. The bow of the ferry was tied up first so that its rear could swing around to back up to the unloading ramp.

A man carried a statue of a horse off the ferry. The horse was wrapped in furniture pads and so we could not tell if it was art or a carousel animal. That he could carry it on his back suggested that the horse was built of fiberglass.