Hopkins Fishing Village

Day 9 cont..
After leaving the Hummingbird highway, we drove to the little village of Hopkins to look for a bed for the night. Ahh!! the Caribbean!!

The local Garifuna people were friendly (spoke English) and welcoming. They congregated on the streets, talking in friendly groups, the teenagers and young children playing on the sandy streets and riding their bikes.

 

Took a room here for $16 US a night -maybe we should move the car, the owner said, it looks like those coconuts will fall down soon...yeeh mon, its true, uh huh...for sure, uh huh, uh huh..
Definitely a relaxed and friendly atmosphere - its OK to spend the day doing nothing at all, just chatting and waving to people.
Next morning we woke to see the owner feeding the free-range chickens

and then we were on our way again.