On one of our reading and research days, David organized a trip for us all to go to the banana plantations. So, we all woke up early and climbed in our favorite boats and took off. We had a very nice boat ride up until we got to a tributary of the Changuinola river. The water got very shallow very quickly and we had to raise our engines to get through. Once inside the tributary we began winding our way through the dense undergrowth. At times this required turning around to rescue the boat behind us or practically beaching ourselves when squeezing through narrow pathways. The trip through the tributary was very beautiful with a multitude of birds and flowers along the banks. Eventually, we made our way out and into the Changuinola. After traveling the river for a bit we made it to the plantations.
We just pulled up along the bank and climbed out!
(our boats were tied to clumps of dirt to keep them from drifting).
There were some horses and dogs outside the plantation, and we named the dogs Dole and Chiquita! We then were allowed to go into the plantations (by climbing under barbed wire, don't worry we had permission) and wander about the banana trees. Little known fact, banana trees can only have one large bunch of banana trees in their life and then they are chopped down and a new one is allowed to grow in its place. Sadly, we did not get any bananas for our trip, but we did get some cool photos.
After we left we decided to take a side trip to Bird Island!
This was one of the most beautiful places I have ever seen! There were so many birds flying to land on the island, and the sound was so beautiful as all the birds sang! The ride there was real fun and well worth being a little late to lunch for. I will let the pictures do the talking for this one!
Overall we had an excellent morning and we were all glad that we woke up for it!
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