{"id":237,"date":"2015-01-27T02:52:39","date_gmt":"2015-01-27T02:52:39","guid":{"rendered":"http:\/\/www.carolgreene.com\/travel\/?p=237"},"modified":"2015-01-27T03:03:20","modified_gmt":"2015-01-27T03:03:20","slug":"sandubidi-meri-ngbae-village-on-isla-popa-january-26-2015","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"http:\/\/www.carolgreene.com\/travel\/?p=237","title":{"rendered":"Sandubidi Meri Ngbae Village on Isla Popa~ January 26, 2015"},"content":{"rendered":"

We got to sleep later this morning. \u00c2\u00a0We boarded our boat\u00c2\u00a0at\u00c2\u00a09:30<\/span><\/span><\/a>\u00c2\u00a0which took us to Sandubidi Village. \u00c2\u00a0Abdiel, our guide, took us to this village instead of the village that most groups tour because these people are not so commercial. \u00c2\u00a0The women \u00c2\u00a0here only make a small quantity of beaded jewelry, bags, or shirts to sell.<\/p>\n

We were guided through the village by Rose, a woman whose grandparents first came to the island to live. \u00c2\u00a0Now thirty families live here. \u00c2\u00a0Seven or eight people live in each house. \u00c2\u00a0We got to visit the school which was not in session. \u00c2\u00a0Children can attend school on this island through ninth grade. \u00c2\u00a0For the last three years of high school they have to go to a bigger island or Panama City. \u00c2\u00a0When they finish high school about 3\/4 of the students return to the village.<\/p>\n

As we continued to walk around the island, I spotted children playing in a picnic area. \u00c2\u00a0I approached them with Cha-Cha-Cha. \u00c2\u00a0As she sang and chatted with them in Spanish (with Abdiel’s language assistance), the children were smiling and giggling yet shy. \u00c2\u00a0When we said good-bye to them to continue the village tour, they seemed to appear in other places. \u00c2\u00a0We got to visit the village President’s home. \u00c2\u00a0His wife was fixing spaghetti for lunch. \u00c2\u00a0We peeked into the only small village store, then we got to look at the items the women were selling. \u00c2\u00a0Several people bought some of the handmade items.<\/p>\n

Next the boat took us to Coral Key where we ate grilled cod with garlic sauce, rice cooked in coconut milk, and deep-fried plantain. \u00c2\u00a0After lunch we went snorkeling.\u00c2\u00a0\u00c2\u00a0On the way back to our hotel, the boat took a side trip through an area of mangroves with a rainforest inland. \u00c2\u00a0Suddenly Abdiel spotted a three-toed male sloth. \u00c2\u00a0We saw a total of three of them.<\/p>\n

We went to town for dinner tonight, and had seafood linguini. \u00c2\u00a0We are enjoying eating the fresh local seafood here. \u00c2\u00a0 We have had seafood every lunch and dinner since we arrived.<\/p>\n

\"IMG_7284.JPG\"<\/a> Red Coral<\/p>\n

\"IMG_7285.JPG\"<\/a> My favorite house in the Indian village<\/p>\n

\"IMG_7286.JPG\"<\/a> The store in the Indian village<\/p>\n

\"IMG_7287.JPG\"<\/a> Carol and Cha-Cha-Cha with villagers in front of the store<\/p>\n

\"IMG_7288.JPG\"<\/a> Sailing Ship seen on the way back to the hotel<\/p>\n

\"IMG_7289.JPG\"<\/a> La Tortuga Hotel on Bocas del Toro where we are staying<\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"

We got to sleep later this morning. \u00c2\u00a0We boarded our boat\u00c2\u00a0at\u00c2\u00a09:30\u00c2\u00a0which took us to Sandubidi Village. \u00c2\u00a0Abdiel, our guide, took us to this village instead of the village that most groups tour because these people are not so commercial. \u00c2\u00a0The … Continue reading →<\/span><\/a><\/p>\n","protected":false},"author":1,"featured_media":0,"comment_status":"open","ping_status":"open","sticky":false,"template":"","format":"standard","meta":{"footnotes":""},"categories":[3],"tags":[],"class_list":["post-237","post","type-post","status-publish","format-standard","hentry","category-panama"],"_links":{"self":[{"href":"http:\/\/www.carolgreene.com\/travel\/index.php?rest_route=\/wp\/v2\/posts\/237","targetHints":{"allow":["GET"]}}],"collection":[{"href":"http:\/\/www.carolgreene.com\/travel\/index.php?rest_route=\/wp\/v2\/posts"}],"about":[{"href":"http:\/\/www.carolgreene.com\/travel\/index.php?rest_route=\/wp\/v2\/types\/post"}],"author":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"http:\/\/www.carolgreene.com\/travel\/index.php?rest_route=\/wp\/v2\/users\/1"}],"replies":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"http:\/\/www.carolgreene.com\/travel\/index.php?rest_route=%2Fwp%2Fv2%2Fcomments&post=237"}],"version-history":[{"count":0,"href":"http:\/\/www.carolgreene.com\/travel\/index.php?rest_route=\/wp\/v2\/posts\/237\/revisions"}],"wp:attachment":[{"href":"http:\/\/www.carolgreene.com\/travel\/index.php?rest_route=%2Fwp%2Fv2%2Fmedia&parent=237"}],"wp:term":[{"taxonomy":"category","embeddable":true,"href":"http:\/\/www.carolgreene.com\/travel\/index.php?rest_route=%2Fwp%2Fv2%2Fcategories&post=237"},{"taxonomy":"post_tag","embeddable":true,"href":"http:\/\/www.carolgreene.com\/travel\/index.php?rest_route=%2Fwp%2Fv2%2Ftags&post=237"}],"curies":[{"name":"wp","href":"https:\/\/api.w.org\/{rel}","templated":true}]}}