—Our
shore excursion took us away from the tourist areas, which seemed
really crowded and noisy, but the beaches looked good … if
that’s why you came. Our
bus went past all this, out east of the city, past new
development and abandoned coconut plantations and poor barrios
with naked children playing in the dirt to a natural area
that included the freshwater supply for the area. It was also a tourist area
that looked like it had seen better times … rather ‘rustic’.