We had a leisurely morning, some people sleeping in, others getting up early to do a bird walk with Antonio. Some wanted help with Lightroom, and others just chilled out on their hammocks at their cabanas.

After lunch, we headed off to Barranco, a Garifuna (ga-RI-fue-NAH) village down the coast a mere 12 miles from the Guatemalan border. We could look across at that country’s mountain layers, but it was the village we came to see, its culture, and the drummers who won the drumming competition in Belize three times in a row.

Alvin greeted us at his house. He was our host last year in the village, and we were glad to see him again. He is so interesting and has so many stories to tell about his people.

The Garinagu (plural of Garifuna and pronounced in a similar manner) trace their ancestry to African slaves and Amerindians,