I'm sorry to report that we've still not had any success with reloading the broadband card. Apparently, there is one dude in town who can do this and he's as hard to find as a Yeti. On the positive side, we were finally able to get some bikes. We initially tried Rental Roney's, but the 10 year old in charge didn't seem to have any bikes without at least one flat tire, and no ready access to a bicycle pump. When we asked him about inflating the tires, he tried to convince us that it wasn't necessary - flat tires wouldn't impact the performance. We held firm on our (apparently outrageous) need for two working tires and moved on. Next, we tried Utila Bike Rental & Laundry Service. Seems like a logical pairing, no? For $5 less than the kid was charging, we got two bikes WITH inflated tires. Score! Six days rental for the two bikes was $50 US. The added bonus of conducting the transaction with a grown up who seemed genuinely interested in our business - priceless!
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| Four fully-inflated tires, two baskets & a lock. We're set! |
With no internet at home,we decided to stop in at Camila's Bakery for a cold drink and some free wifi. $5 US bought us two iced teas and a slice of banana bread (not to mention the use of the internet). Now that we have wheels, trips to town are limitless so we headed back to the house for some lunch and a swim. I also spent some time in the hammock enjoying the view. This $18 hummingbird feeder was money well spent, indeed!
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| Fun! |
In the late afternoon, we pedaled back in to town. We thought we'd try and see if we could use the laptop to load the broadband stick ourselves. After about 90 minutes, and with a big thanks to Google Translate, we successfully loaded about $25 US on to the card. We won't know if that translates in to anything resembling gigabytes until our current package expires (in about 400 MB). Think good thoughts for us, please.
Update - we have wifi! And the ability to load as much money as we can possibly surf on to our account. Life is good!
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