All 6 of us went on a tour of the island. This is a small island 26 miles long and 2 miles long, with one main road. The island has a small beer factory otherwise they depend on tourism. The tour is on a nice small van, with a guide who spoke fluent English. We went through the city first, which is one about 3 blocks long with small mostly small, old buildings. The mayor however has a beautiful, large, house that looks like a plantation. After a short drive we went to the ocean and took a ½ hour boat ride through the mango groves. There are 2 huge rusted out shells of ships that were shipwrecked many years ago.
Then we drove around more of the island and the guide pointed out various places. They use rope across the road for speed bumps. We stopped at a place where they gave history of Garifuna people and their dances. When another tribe invaded the tribe they beat them in battle by the men dressing up as women.
We drove to another place where they have a building that is how the natives used to live and they had soup made from plants and fish (Ches tried some, I passed). There is a statue one of their kings.
We stopped at a place with a beautiful view of the ocean and reef.
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