We spent the night at Amatique Bay, just outside Puerto Barrios and had another early start to get a boat across the bay to Livingston.
The town has a large number of people of Afro-Caribbean origin, including the Garifuna people who have their own language. One of the locals told us that they were being priced out of the area. It used to be a major port but now Puerto Barrios is the main port for the area – the road we’d taken the previous day was very busy with trucks going to and from the port.
The bottles above contain rum with a mixture of herbs. The drink has an interesting taste …