We were up at 5am right when the power went off. It was still pretty dark so we had to get packed by flashlight. We waled across the island to catch the 6:30 panga back to Big Corn but on arrival at the dock we were told there wasn't going to be a morning panga and the next one wasn't going to leave until 2pm. With us was an Australian couple who were supposed to fly back to Managua form Big Corn that afternoon. Someone offered to take us for $130 but we thought that was too much so we all decided to have some breakfast in the village. The guy who owned the restaurant told us he had a boat and would call his son to come take us to Big Corn for $80. We figured that was a fair price and better then having to sit around for 7 hours with our backpacks on the dock. The boat was much smaller than the panga and only held the four of us along with our luggage and the pilot - no life jackets either. Going across was pretty rough with some big waves but I tought if it was really dangerous the guy wouldn't be risking his life. When we finally made it to Big Corn the pilot made the sign of the cross and said "That was REALLY scary!" and that he was afraid to have to go back alone!
He dropped us off on the northern part of the island and we said our goodbyes to our Australian friends as they caught a taxi to the airport to check in for their afternoon flight. We walked to Hotel Morgan and got a $25 room with a private bathroom A/C and satellite TV. They also had $15 room with shared bath and $40 rooms that were nicer and had a view. After getting settled we walked into town and to the bank to use the ATM and then a taxi to Picnic Center Beach where we spent the rest of the afternoon swimming and lounging with cold beers until it started to rain and caught a taxi back to our hotel. We had dinner at Hotel Morgan - good chicken salsa dinner and also reasonably priced. Since we had to get up early the next morning we went back to our room, watched a movie on tv and were sleeping by 10pm
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