Garden of Eden for Saturday Lunch

On Saturday my husband told me he wanted to take me somewhere we hadn´t been before. I agreed to this plan of course. He said we were going to have to drive for a while but eventually we would find a lake with a restaraunt to relax for the day. So we headed out on the moto and somewhere between the Manatee Refuge and Quistacocha we found a bumpy muddy road which led us to our destination.

Neither one of knew the name of the restaurant or the location, but we nicknamed it ¨The Garden of Eden.¨ We decided that was a good name because its beautiful, there is fruit hanging from every tree, and you can roam peacefully among the animals.

   

When I first approached one of the lakes and saw these littles heads skimming the water I thought they were huge scary Amazon snakes, but they were actually just sweet little turtles.

The place actually had about 4 lakes, and there were little bridges and water falls flowing into each one. Here´s what I mean by fruit hanging from the trees. This is a jungle fruit known to only grow in this region called, ¨Aguaje.¨

And hanging from the trees we also found starfruit, coconuts, guava, and limes,

And then there were these little funny looking animals everywhere. They looked like big hamsters. I honestly don´t know what they are, but I know that they make a very strange noise when you get too close.

A couple of the lakes were covered in plants in way that made it seem as though it were land that you could walk on.

You probably noticed the threatening thunder clouds approaching us in the photos. If you´re assuming we got caught in a crazy rainstorrm, then you´re right. We thought about waiting for it to pass at the restaraunt but we assumed that muddy road would wash out. So we got hit by the storm while we were on our little moto and it felt like somebody was literally throwing buckets of water on us. But a little rain was totally worth the beautiful day we had at the lake. I hope we can go back soon.