Sunday, April 26, 2009

Tela and Garifuna Villages









When we got to Tela we decided to find a nice place to stay. After no sleep at the Backpakers in Rio Dulce and a long day, we needed some sleep. Tela was pretty relaxed and we were happy to see that there were so many bicycles. We went out to Miami, San Juan and Tornabe villages the next day as a day trip. These are Black Carib villages. The road is basically the beach. A sand strip in the bushes of the beach. It stops at the beginning of Miami village.

It was tough to get used to, not having much sand expereince from Colorado. It took about 45 minutes to get through to where the road turns to sand after Tornabe and another 45 of the sand. lots of sun. The villages are really interesting. Palapa homes on the beach. a couple horses, few trucks to none. We hung out on some restaurant hammocks all day. Steve got a plate of fish for $5 and we just enjoyed the breeze in the shade and the warm water on the private beach.
The next day we went to the Biological Park \Lancetilla. We stayed about 2 hours, it was pretty nice. Relaxing.

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