Got up to the sound of rain. That sound went on non-stop until around four in the afternoon. That combined with the fact that everything closes on Sunday, well with the exception of the Spanish bar across the street, it led to a very lazy day. I had yet found a way to charge my laptop so I resigned the day to doing a bit or writing and napping. I took three naps that day with one lasting almost three hours. I guess the cumulation of everything finally caught up to me. Either way, I felt restless but rested. My neighbor Vinnie stopped by to let me know that he couldn’t make it that day so we made arrangements for lunch on Monday. About 4:00 the rain subsided so I wandered towards town to check out the river conditions. One of the tourist things to do up north was to take the Indian River Tour.

The Indian River is a lazy shaded river that winds through tall swamp bloodwood trees, mixtures of exotic ferns, and about a dozen other species. At times there are a lot of wildlife to be seen. Because of the rain, the river was muddy, the guide was a bit bummed that I would only pay him the going rate and not more because I was by myself, the current was faster so he had to work harder, it was still overcast so any living thing was kicking back at home taking naps. We did see a few birds, a few fish, a bridge, trash, and the only thing that got the guide excited about was a soccer ball that we found stuck in the weeds. He did stop to pick up any big pieces of trash so I do give him that. All in all it was pretty much lame. He told me that this was the only river out of the three hundred that could be boated down, so now I understood why such a lazy river could make it as a tourist event. He did offer to take me out fishing the next day for Tuna, however the heavy rains came and it did not happen.

I ended up that night doing some writing, reading about Martinique, and planning my following day when places would be open.

1) Get some cash.
2) Find a power adapter so I can get my computer up.
3) Lunch with Vinnie
4) Type in my new entries
5) Get some drinks and food
6) Upload the new entries at the internet café.
7) E-mail the fax number for Citibank so that Travis can fax in my Chase cc statement.
8) Find Busta Rhymes to make sure he is taking me to the airport.
9) Find Sparrow to see if he is doing the crawdad/crab hunting tonight since I could not go last night.
10) Get my stuff all packed and ready for tomorrows 5:30 am exit to the airport.