Ometepe to Managua

The following day was our last day in Nicaragua so we had to figure out a way to get back to Managua. We booked a taxi to pick us up at 10 the following morning. Only during our breakfast we talked to a couple from Canada and a family from Australia and they told us that there is a bus leaving at 10:30 - so instead of $30 we could pay $5 - sounded good to us. We got our stuff together and went to wait for the bus. While waiting I managed to loose a banana to a monkey with some serious attitude. Granted in Nica nothing happens on a precise time schedule... so no surprise the bus was about 30 minutes late. But once we finally saw it... we knew that we were not going to be taking it back to the ferry terminal. There we people hanging off of it... fully packed with a huge load on its roof. After a brief consultation with our newly found friends we decided to order a cab and split the cost. Of course the cab driver was on the other side of the island so we had an hour to kill while waiting. Hey, what better way to wait than with Media serbida :o)
Our drive showed up and to our incredible luck we got into town just as the ferry was about to leave. We took the - this time mostly empty - ferry back to San Jorge where we got yet again really lucky as the bus for Managua was just leaving. It was a long ride back and after the bus and another cab ride we finally found ourselves back in Managua around 6 pm. We were supposed to meet up with Chris' family but when we called she told us that under any circumstances should we be leaving the hotel after dark as they have had some violence in the streets due to the results of the elections. We took her advice and stayed in. We had a wonderful dinner by the pool.