In the morning I rented a kayak which cost about $3. But the rain started to spit at me after about an hour so I just shot around real quick to see the lake a bit. I was the only person to be seen anywhere on the lake. There are very little people around. I was mostly kayaking next to cows that were trying to eat the plants floating in the water that a farmer had cut nearby.
It was supposed to be a short ride today but it was rough. As soon as I started riding it started raining and the whole ride was me squinting as each drop of rain smacked my eyes. I squinted, pulled my helmet down, tried everything to see through the rain. Eventually I stopped at a restaurant and ate some chicken and wait out the rain.
The people next to me had a monkey! I went to pet the monkey for a little bit. He was the cutest little dude ever. I would love to own a little monkey like that one day. They said it cost them $120! Less than a ferret in the US!
I arrived in Matagalpa and went to Buena Onda Hostel and met some nice Dutch brothers and a German girl. We went and got tacos. At the central plaza some homeless people started hovering around us. For the first time ever they literally just wanted the food off of our plate. In the US there is always the assumption that people just want drugs. But these guys kept coming up and pointing to the tacos just asking for one. Eventually I gave in, but felt really strange about it.
We then went back to the hostel, had some wine, and watched Shrek. What better way to end a day?
