Day 6 we said goodbye to the beach. What an awesome adventure. We got to experience things you would only dream about. Like seeing turtles go to sea. Sand and water for miles. Monkeys everywhere you turn and just all around tranquility. We ate our last seafood lunch and took off to the airport. After an hour flight we were greeting by our driver and headed into rush hour. Can you image 5 million people all trying to go somewhere at the same time? It is CRAZY. Horns honking, motorbikes going in and out of traffic, pure crazyness. I still can't get over how dirty it is here. Even the air is dirty. We can't drink the water as it is full of bacteria so bottled water it is.
The country is trying to make some improvements to infrastructure and running water and electrically lines to help improve quality of life but like I said, they add 1 million people a year.
August is election month which happens every 5 years. In the 2007 election there were multiple attacks and people as two tribes were pinned against each other. That really put a stop to tourism and it still hasn't recovered. They are expected this election to be a peaceful on but they still but everything on high alert and discourage and sometimes forbid travel into the country. We thought Trump and Hillary were bad. This is a million times worse over here.
Tonight we have some time to unwind and repack for our next adventure which we leave for tomorrow afternoon....stay tuned.
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