On this morning we packed up and headed out to find the bus area so we could catch a chicken bus to Rivas. A bus was leaving as we approached and they stopped loaded our bags on top of the bus along with a lot of other cargo. The bus was so crowded, we could barely get on and it was so uncomfortable, people touching you in all directions, so hot and it's hard to keep from slamming into people as the bus jerks. Sadly they just kept picking people up, how we fit any more is beyond me but that is how these things go. Eventually the bus shed people and I got a seat for part of the ride. Dan started talking to a girl from Wisconsin named Leana, she was headed to Ometepe
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