Honduras Day 2
Friday, December 21, 2007.
We were up early to be picked up by our tour guide, but the pick up was fairly useless, because we went right back into town and hung around the tour office while the rest of our tour mates joined us. Jen and I were the only USers--Mark is from Canada, and our other tour mates were from Italy and France.
The point of the trip was kayaking on a river and swimming on a beach. The beach was a deserted, quiet place in a town called Triunfo de la Cruz. It's a Garifuna village, all dirt roads and wandering animals, but that doesn't stop Pepsi and Coke from plastering their names on every available piece of property.
We took a long winding way through the town, and finally arrived at our entry point on the river. From there on it was kayaking and seeing all kinds of cool things. We never saw a really big crocodile, but we heard an ominous splash as we came around a bend in the river--a big splash. We did see baby crocs, birds, and monkeys! For the rest of this post, I'm going to rely completely on photos. And videos, if I can get them to load.
Breakfast at the hotel before we left on our tour
Pepsi is Omnipresent
Pig in the Road
The Africa Discotec.
I wonder if we could really have danced here.
Kayak entry point
Video of kayaking through the river
White-faced monkey in a tree!
The beach
Thatched cabanas on the beach
We were up early to be picked up by our tour guide, but the pick up was fairly useless, because we went right back into town and hung around the tour office while the rest of our tour mates joined us. Jen and I were the only USers--Mark is from Canada, and our other tour mates were from Italy and France.
The point of the trip was kayaking on a river and swimming on a beach. The beach was a deserted, quiet place in a town called Triunfo de la Cruz. It's a Garifuna village, all dirt roads and wandering animals, but that doesn't stop Pepsi and Coke from plastering their names on every available piece of property.
We took a long winding way through the town, and finally arrived at our entry point on the river. From there on it was kayaking and seeing all kinds of cool things. We never saw a really big crocodile, but we heard an ominous splash as we came around a bend in the river--a big splash. We did see baby crocs, birds, and monkeys! For the rest of this post, I'm going to rely completely on photos. And videos, if I can get them to load.
Breakfast at the hotel before we left on our tour
Pepsi is Omnipresent
Pig in the Road
The Africa Discotec.
I wonder if we could really have danced here.
Kayak entry point
Video of kayaking through the river
White-faced monkey in a tree!
The beach
Thatched cabanas on the beach
Labels: Family, Good Times
posted by Melanie at 11:39 PM
