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The Isla Ometepe side quest part 2

Hola todos. Today is our first day on a motorbike in about 8 years so you can say I was feeling apprehensive to say the least. I wake up at 0800 and get showered watered etc and 0900 our man Maxim rolls round and drops off the bike and after a brief chat I am left to my own devices. Jumping on and not having to deal with Gear changes it was a lot easier to get to grips than I thought it would be. I am soon on my way. This is also my first time driving on the right so this will be interesting. 

I forgot to mention I had booked this kayak tour in the afternoon but it’s a 1.5 hour ride around the other side of the island, no biggie not in a rush I got time to cut around a bit on the moped so decide first will head around and see if I can grab some breakfast somewhere. I end up going to  Altagracia on the other side of the western half of the island and get a coffee and a chicken and rice with kidney beans dish the locals eat. Don’t ask me what the name was think just pollo con arroz. It was pretty nice. During this time we get a Welsh tap style flash storm so picked a good time to stop!

After the rain cleared I headed east to the kayak place. I quickly get over there and see the man. Through maxim I get a 5 dollar discount on the tour so I pay 25 USD and we have a short ride down to the beach. It’s very rocky and halfway through I lose my nerve after nearly coming off the bike so he walks up and I hop on the back and we’re down to the beach. I meet the kayak guy, a man named Johnny or more likely “Yoni” as it would likely be spelled – it’s a common thing in these países to have English names spelled en Español. I put my kit in the lockup including my phone – it’s too much drama getting into the waterproof bag I had and did not think to remove the cover so no pics of the kayak tour sorry. CONTINUED IN COMMENTS 👇 & WordPress

It was about an hour and a half long and each of us had our own kayak and off we go. He takes me up river and we see herons of different kinds, monkeys, big lizards similar to Komodo dragons which I forget the name of and turtles. He says I’m lucky as in the morning when it was raining you would not have seen anything as these animals don’t hunt in storms.

After this tour wraps up I thank him and get back up the path to the main road with some assistance and I head back to Moyogalpa. I stop by Maxim’s and tell him I’ll hire the bike a 2nd day was good fun actually! The evening is uneventful in port having some grub and beers in the restaurant bar where they helped me out when I had a moment when I landed. I’ve also extended my stay by 1 night

Tomorrow we will try our luck with the harder road to the waterfall.