nov 23rd hell day to travel

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so i was up again early at 530 to make coffee, mucho gusto, pack, no me gusto and catch the bus at 8am. met a couple from estonia and talked with them the whole time. they were named maris and ago. we waited in line at the border and the power was out so it moved very slowly. maris and ago left because it was just a day trip. saw pasquel again and he paid for a nice bus and it even had to wait. finally the power came on and i got thru after 3 and a half hours. took a cab to make up time to san jorge to catch the boat to isla de ometepe. it is two volcanos in the middle of lago nicarauga. got to the puerto at 130 to find out since it is so windy there is no boat till 545pm. so i wait...and wait...eat read and finally i decide to go for a walk in this small port town. everyone is all hola and smiles and i got lots of good pix of a real 3rd world country. when i get back i find that i have missed the ferry that came back and left at 430 and not another till 730pm. so i wait and wait. then i meet a couple from nyc who were origianlly from india. the guy rakesh speaks good spanish and his girlfriend madori is really nice. so we wait together and eat and finally catch the boat and play uno on the way. when we get there the lake is very high from the rainy season and we have to walk on sandfbags off the boat. i stay at ali y aly hostel and am in bed at 10pm. long day. also the water was out so no shower again after a lo9ng sweaty day.

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Photos

baby in line
starting bawling after 1 and a half hours

sunset on omitepe
after i missed another boat

rakesh and madori
couple i met from nyc