We woke up early, had breakfast, and checked out of the hotel. Our plan was to drive back to Rivas and then head north all the way to Jiquilillo. We inquired about the road back to the Pan American Highway at Ochomongo but people told us that it was impossible to do in nothing less than a 4x4. As we left Popoyo we started to see some different scenery then the way we came in form Tola. We also did a river crossing that was a little deep and scary in our Toyota but we made it. I stopped a few times to ask people if we were on the road to Tola and they smiled and nodded. After another hairy river crossing and some really bad roads we came into Ocomongo! I wouldn't recommend that anybody else try this in a passenger car - especially a rental. I think we got really lucky that we didn't flood the car or get stuck anywhere. Once on the highway we made good time to Managua and then onto the road towards Leon. As we were approaching Leon Kat started to feel sick. We pulled over and she got sick to her stomach and vomited on the side of the road. She said she felt better but we decided that it would be best to stop in Leon and recuperate before heading onto Jiquilillo.
We drove to La Perla where we had stayed last year, got a nice room upstairs where Kat took a nap and I went out to find her some ginger ale and alkaseltzer to help settle her stomach. I then took a walk around town and ended up at ViaVia for some beers and lunch. When i got back, Kat was feeling better but didn't want to go out for dinner so i went to La Union and got some bread and lunch meats and we had a picnic in our room while watchig a movie on tv and were in bed by 9pm
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