Boca is a small town of about 60 that swells when cruise ships come in. People come from all around to sell their wares and have their children dress up and hold exotic (to us) “pets”. Don’t know if they are real pets or just money making props. They have sloths, parrots, toucan and monkeys. When asked what kind of monkeys they have, the answer is always the same “baby”. You could take their pictures and they expected a dollar for the privilege. We spent quite a few dollars.
We walked around the small village, followed by a herd of kids. They decided that Duane was “Papa Noel”. So I wondered what would happen if I offered Duane as Papa Noel and asked for a dollar for the kids to have their picture taken with him. No luck, but lots of smiles.
After walking around the little village, we took a dugout for a half hour cruise. We were the only passengers, along with the driver and his 2 brothers, one of whom was maybe 5. (he cried when they were leaving without him). The best part, after seeing lots of different birds, cattle and huts, was the jumping fish. I guess the boats scare them and they jump and some land in the boat. One hit me in the hip. We had a total of 5 fish in the boat. And, NO, they were not piranha.
We took some pictures of the jungle and a couple of vultures. Most of the birds just didn’t pose for us.
