Not sure what we were going to do today - plan was to head out and get over San Juan del Sur, but we decide to check on motorbike prices. We go to the lady that Shawn has continually been running into since we arrived on the island and got a price for $15 for something like 2 til 5. We split a aging Kayak 125 motorbike and headed down the other section of the island, the Maderas Volcan section. I took thee reins at first seeing that Shawn had never driven a bike with a clutch before (or a car I believe), and zip along down the one road that goes around this place.
Got a pretty good cross section slice of the island life: every so often a cowboy rounding a small herd of cattle down or across the road, the random tattered dog in its own world crossing the road, rice farmers drying kernels of rice on a flat semi paved basketball court, people general just laying about here and there in small groups, dirty children staring, lots of farm animals littered about.
Took about 45 mins and we at the end of the 'good' road and entering the other half the figure 8 island. I started for it - rough going, more of a big rocky trail then road. For a bit I thought we might be able to make it around this whole part of the island, however, we stopped to talk to a local and we soon found out that it would take us until around 7 to get back where we started in Moyogalpa. So instead we didn't to go back the natural pool called 'ojo de aqua' and take a dip.
Got back just by 5 and as we walked back to the hostel Phil drove by on his way to the ferry, Phil the Australian who we had hiked the Volcan with. We ran to get the bags met up with Phil on the ferry, caught the sunset on Lake Nicaragua, zipped down to San Juan del Sur, went to about 10 full hostel, settled on a hole in the wall, and went out to hit the town for drinks and food.
Ended up running into almost everyone we had met up to this point in our traveling on the Iguana Bar.
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