Day 4 - Sunday

Today was our day off....we went on a boat cruise to Punta Sal and on the way went down a river where we saw tons of different birds.

We saw some guys fishing - actually crabbing. They sat traps with fish pieces, then drop them to the bottom and end up catching crabs in the netting. Pretty cool. We stopped on of them and asked him to pull along side our boat and asked him to show us his catch - he had a huge rice sack full of crabs that he said he was going to see for 3 Lempira each) that's about 15 cents!

Just down the river we stopped at a village called, of all things, Miami! Who knew we'd go to 2 Miamis this trip! It is a Garifuna village right on the beach - we got some great photos!

Then off to the rainforest where we hiked around - we saw baby jaguar footprints on the beach and plenty of monkeys high up in the trees. No howling this year.

Off to a remote beach for a swim and a soak in the sun - just the most beautifully clear (and clean!) water. And thankfully this year no coral stings.

Back into the boat for lunch at another Garifuna village - Scott got the back end of the fish and I the front, with rice, beans and fried plantains. No hot sauce, though - that was a bummer. Scott also had a coconut for a drink - I stuck with a 7UP.

Eventually we headed back to Tela - and on the way we say a school of dolphins. The boat driver was reving the engine and it was making them all line up next to us and jumping out of the water. Every time we tried to get a good photo our cameras were just not fast enough - so it looks like we got pictures of lots of sharks with their fins just above the water!

More on the day later - gotta go.