#boatique

February 23. Bright and early we left Antigua to drive a long and torturous way to the Caribbean coast. We left for our stay with the Garifunas, a population of Mestizos who are descendants of African slaves who escaped from the Caribbean islands. On the drive we saw a lot of farmland. Melons, cantaloupe, pineapple, squash, rubber trees, and cow business. Very productive farms. Then, OMG we got stuck in the worst traffic jam we’ve ever seen. Selvyn, our guide, was passing and having to drive in the ditch. There was some minor road work being done and how it caused such a giant traffic jam we do not know. The air conditioning was not working and with the windows open we got to breathe in all the diesel fumes from the huge number of trucks that surrounded us. Often it was impossible to see where the lanes were and if Selvyn had not aggressively started to pass we’d still be there.