Always on the look-out for other places to stay on another occasion, we decided to take a little trip down the coast to explore. One of our maps and our GPS said there as no through road between San Francisco and Muisne, the other map said there was a small road through and the sign at the turnoff said "Tourist Route" and gave distances to the towns along the route. So, we decided to check it out. It was a very interesting route. There were signs along the way, signs of bicyclists, and hikers, indicating this was a tourist route and to drive slowly. There were occasional glimpses of the Pacific Ocean, and small homesteads, with horses, cattles, bright yellow birds, orange birds, etc. THEN we came upon this sign...
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OMG - Slow down for WHAT? should we go on? turn back? roll up the windows?
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As it turns out, we never did see the creature we were being warned of, even though we saw this sign several times. Kinda' too bad, really. About 2/3 of the way around this tourist route, the wide, paved road suddenly turned into a single-lane mud track, that did not even coincide with our one map that showed a small road. Ole is an excellent driver but he was becoming a little more tense about whether we should continue on the wet, slippery mucky one-lane path, or turn back. Our Vitara is not a 4-WD and he did not relish the idea of getting stuck in a mud hole. We continued ... and we got through... but when we came out at the other end, we were 80 kms from our beach hotel. We had been going too fast to read the distances at the start of the route. It was a great drive, definitely off the beaten path. Not sure when the last tourist went through that route!
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| Small fishing village along this route |
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| The jungle was alive with bright red flowering trees |
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| Home from harvesting plantains |
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| Typical housing - on stilts |
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| Horses are a common means of transportation |
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| Hillside Graveyard facing the sea |
Looks quite pretty! So lush and green!!
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