We woke up early and were on to breakfast at the hotel which
was basically the same as the day before. It was our intention to go through
the area where the pass was blocked the day before however though they had
opened it for a while they decided it was too dangerous and were not allowing
anyone to pass again. Apparently more rocks had started to fall and perhaps
they hadn’t moved the giant boulder fare enough. So we decided to turn around and head to some
of the other attractions we were supposed to see on other days.
We started with a bird sanctuary specifically dedicated to
hummingbirds with its prize possession being the spatulatail hummingbird. This is the bird that had a long tail with
two little spatula like tips that are far from the body. It is a tiny bird. We were brought in to a
place with hummingbird feeders and probably sat there for at least an hour
though I didn’t keep track of the time.
I took tons of pictures and a few videos. The sanctuary has 14 varieties
of hummingbirds. I did not manage to catch the spatulatail in any pictures but
I did get it in 2 videos, however brief. It was not around for long. The
emerald breasted hummingbirds were very aggressive and protecting the feeders. After a while we left the spot and visited
their museum quickly then it was on to visit Pomacochas Lake.
The lake was just getting geared up for the influx of dry
season guests and it had not yet opened. We got to go out towards the dock
which is used by the families that fish on the lake. We were allowed to get on
the boat for a few moments as one of the families came in while we were
there. After a few minutes at the lake
we also got a brief tour of the not yet opened for the season Puerto Pumas
which is a hotel that belongs to a chain. The owner is an art lover and there
were a lot of paintings by local artists all of the place as well as many
antiques in the colonial style building.
The caretaker was very nice enough to show us everything really.
After the hotel visit we drove on to lunch at Herradura
which is a trout farm and restaurant. We were able to help catch our lunch fish
out of the farm pools and then they took them to the kitchen and cleaned and
cooked them. We had fried fish. The meal was incredible. The fish was so very
tasty and properly prepared. It was crispy and not soggy. They accompanied with
rice, yucca, plantain, salad some local herbal tea called Lucia Herbia.
After lunch we tried
again to get though the pass but it was still blocked so we were brought back
to the room where we relaxed for a while until dinner where I had a quinoa
croquettes for starter followed by breaded chicken breast and fries. Daniela
had the soup I had the day before then a grilled chicken breast with boiled
potatoes. We each had ice cream for dessert. She had pina colada flavored and I
had three colors which didn’t have chocolate in it, but I am not sure what the
three flavors were. After that we turned
in for the evening by first looking at the pictures and videos from the day.
The pictures from today can be found here.
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