Scooting around Puerto

The day after we went off to hire scooters to head down to the lagoon which was twenty minutes down the highway. After a little bit of shopping around we got scooters for twenty AUD each and were off down the highway. Travelling along nice winding highways with only few potholes was a hole lot of fun. We stopped off at a nice mexican place to get some bisteque ala mexicana. My spanish is definitely improving resulting in much better meals. When we got to la laguna we hired kayaks and went for a paddle. Stability was a major concern. We paddled out to a little island that was packed with birds of all sorts. It reminded me of a lake with birds I visited in India and I remembered how the birds came with snarling crocodiles so I was quick to get back on the kayak.

I then did some tabata kayak sprints which was a major mistake because soon after the winds picked up and there was a clear storm fast approaching. Struggling to keep the freaking thing straight frustration set in as the storm got closer and closer. When it hit us it was a godsend in disguise as the currents pushed us home. Soaking wet it was back on the scooters and back to puerto with my fuel gauge showing donuts. We made it back and with a little syphoning from the guy we hired the scooters from a few more hours of fun we to be had.

We headed off down some smaller streets along the beach and took the scooters on dirt roads and up hills made for trail bike but they performed suprisingly well. Stumbling across a hidden resort and getting kicked out by two mexican gardeners who spoke no ingles was a highlight. Sadly we had to return or little two strokes and head back to the hostel where I was able to do my first workout using my pack as a sandbag. Muchos fun. Si.

Today went to a really cool, very chilled out kind of beach which was much better for swimming and relaxing. I had another wave of slightly excruciating mexican belly so had a bit of a lie down went we returned before doing another backpack workout this time including scaling a nine to ten foot wall with twenty kilos on board. Very fun. But Im sure there is no skin left on my feet. The boys went to the Superche to get steak and three vege to cook for dinner and my stomach was in heaven. Loaded up on the beef brocolli beans and carrots then went out for a few quiet ones by the beach.

Tomorrow we are off into the mountain town of san cristobal so the adventures are sure to continue. Looking forward to relief from the constant sweating but will definitely miss puerto all the same.