Cayuco

This week we purchased a cayuco.  A cayuco is made from a section of a jungle tree, it is hollowed out and shaped into a boat, all with hand tools.  There are a couple Ngobe on each island that seem to have this skill.  Most cayucos have a standard size of about six feet in length, cost $100, but that’s only Ngobe to Ngobe.  If they know they are selling to a gringo, that price doubles, if not triples.  I purchased about a ten foot cayuco that is at least 50% wider then the standard.  This is mainly because I am a gringo, I’m heavier so the boat sits lower in the water and my balance is horrible compared to the locals, so a wider bottom boat helps me in that area, I hope.  Alvaro found me a cayuco and purchased it from the Ngobe builder, so he...