When a friend sends you a message asking if you want to backpack all eight countries of Central America by land in three weeks, there is really only one correct answer. YES. Nicaragua was country #53 in my dream of one day visiting every country in the world, and it was the third country of this trip after Panama and Costa Rica. Ometepe Island was our first stop in Nicaragua, and I swear I knew almost immediately that I loved this place. Panama had been mixed for me. Panama City didn’t impress me that much, while Bocas del Toro was cool but didn’t quite live up to what I had…