We left this morning destined to the Parika Ferry. Our original plan was to go to Bartica, a town south of us, but it would take about 4hrs if we traveled on a regular boat. The ideal way to travel is by speed boat, taking less than an hour, but the waves were too choppy that day to travel at a fast speed. So we did plan B; a day trip to Leguan, another little town on an Island.
We took a ferry across to the Island, a 45 minute ride. We met one of Granny's family and he was nice enough to take us around. There was only enough room inside the truck for three, and since there were six of us, that meant the other three got to stand on the back of the pick up truck! Sounds exciting, doesn't it?! It was indeed, but only for the first ten minutes. The hot sun blazing down on us didn't really help the rest of the ride :)
The gang made stops to visit family, each happy to see everyone and providing drinks and snacks to us even though they didn't even know we were coming. It was enjoyable to meet everyone for the first time, and each and every person was so nice and pleasant to talk to.
After an afternoon of visiting family and riding on the back of a truck, we took the 2pm ferry back to Parika and made our way home. We had dinner and took it easy for the rest of the night.
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