Rio Cangrejal

 

Evil parrot

I woke up early (well fully woke up) around 5 something or another. I got up and got everything ready to go. I walked to the gas station a little before 6 am to catch a taxi. I bargained the price and then took the 20 minute drive to the ferry. It was too early to make it a collective taxi but I got a good price. I then waited for the ferry to come. A little before 7 am I got on the ferry and made the 1.5 hour trip to La Ceiba. I then took a collective taxi to the bus station and grabbed a bite to eat. I had contacted jungle river lodge yesterday and was told I could go river rafting today with 2 other people. They told me they would wait for me so I was really trying to get there. They told me the bus left at 9 am but when I got there that was not the case. The bus actually left at 10 am since it was Sunday and really we left at 10:15 am because the bus driver was chatting with one of his friends. In this time I had time to grab breakfast, which consisted of 2 donuts and a cup of juice for $1 (what?!) and wait for the bus. We finally got on our way and I got to jungle river lodge a little before 11 am. When I got there, like I had figured, the 2 people had already went rafting. I was told I could still go with 2 of the guides. I finally decided to go and I still had fun. We did a little bit of rafting and some river hiking. By river hiking I mean we walked and swam in the water and jumped from rocks (boulders really) into the water. I didn't jump from all the rocks as some were pretty high and I am afraid of heights but I did okay. After the river hiking we rafted. The rafting was okay because the river was really low because it hasn't rained. Afterwards I went back to the hostel and ate lunch. I then hung out for a bit and then later went for a walk and took some pictures. Overall I had a good day and went to bed a little earlier than usual as I was exhausted from my lack of sleeping. I also decided that this would be an excellent area for yoga. Yes jungle yoga tomorrow!

 

 

In other news...that parrot is evil. He walked up the stairs toward me just to try to bite me. :-/ And he wouldn't say anything except "Hola" for me.