Semana Santa

Tela 2
Kayaks today!! We left at 8; I can’t remember our guide’s name, but I do remember he said we could call him cowboy. He was really nice and pretty knowledgeable about the wildlife we saw on our trip. We took a short ride to the Garifuna village of Triunfo de la Cruz and put out on a freshwater/saltwater river. This river had mangroves growing in it, so we went into all these little outlets off the river to explore. Now I’m not an experienced kayaker; thank goodness they were doubles and my partner knew how to direct a kayak. We saw small alligators, beautiful flowers, birds, and and beautiful mangroves. At the end of the trip we tied all our kayaks together and dragged them back to our launching spot and made our way to the restaurant where our lunch was. This was by far the best part of our excursion; we ate lunch on the beach under a grass hut with the ocean several feet from us. We ordered fish and out came two whole fried fish, bones and all. It was delicious and such a perfect place to enjoy it.

After lunch we enjoyed swimming and jumping around in paradise. We didn’t want to leave, but it was clouding up. When we got back to the hotel, we relaxed, took naps, chilled. For dinner, the other girls had found this place that had a variety of food nearby, so we went there. The service was slow and the guy got kinda confused on our orders, but it all ended up alright and we got to watch some soccer. Tela was starting to get busier since it was getting closer to the weekend, so there were a lot more people out and about. All along the beachfront there were people selling things; I decided I wanted a henna tattoo. So I spent the next 15 minutes getting that done and people watching while I sat. We decided to go out and enjoy the nightlife and dancing with the locals, which ended up being a blast and a great way to spend our last night in Tela.