So I think I fried my laptop while trying to find a powersupply for it.

I suppose we’ll see when I get back to Houston as it is on its way back to the states then will be mailed back to family once my american friend gets back home.

I’m still in Liberia tonight but am considering moving tomorrow.  I was recommend a place to go check out that had lots to do and great accomidation, but I cannot find it on the map.  I’m going to try to take another look tonight to see if I can find it.  I want to escape from this hot weather!  Paying for AC is ruining my budget.

Liberia is starting to grow on me.  I haven’t met many locals here and have only seen a few tourists (backpackers only), but have had nice chitchat conversations with several people around town.  I made friends with a tour bus driver who invited Theo and I to Puerto Limon to stay at his house during their Carnival-like festval.  This could be really exciting and impossible to do with out his help as there are no rooms in town to be found.

Like the rest of my trip, it is always great to meet another biker.  One cannot underestimate the generosity of the motorcyclist community.  Although the bike is usually parked in a secluded area (my hotel), when I have it out in the open, I find that a local biker will always start checking out the bike and strike a conversation.

While my spanish is not very good, I do have enough to practice good biker chat– talk about the condition of the bike, how fast, how much, tire selection, road conditions, best roads, places to avoid, etc.  If I were backpacking it, I don’t think I would have half the opportunities to meet people as I do riding a motorcycle.

Back to computers — I will be getting my laptop Weds or Thursday.  The computer shop thought they would have it Monday, but the owner was nice to explain to me about Latin American time (optimism) which I have already become quite familiar with since being on the road here for so long.  Even though I didn’t get the computer today, I wasn’t disappointed because I had properly managed my expectations.  Plus, it gave me the opportunity to meet a nice backpacker couple from Holland.  In talking to them, it really makes me want to spend more time in Nicaragua.  They reiterated my initial feeling that the people there are some of the nicest and most genuine in Latin America.

Pictures to come!!