Today we went off to two very different waterfalls. Misol-ha is 200' high and what you think of as a waterfall. We walked down the path and behind the falls where it was a bit misty and a unique view through the falls to spectators above us. Aqua Azul was totally different. On the road there we had our first surprise. The Indians living here were forceful and even pulled ropes across the road to have us buy their wares or demanded money to allow us to pass. We did neither.
The falls were from 3' to 30' high, 50' to 150' across and flowed down in different sizes along a 2 mile trek with their village along the way. There were about 30 vendors with their restaurants and stalls of souvenirs set up the entire way. I saw 2 young women hauling their laundry out to the falls to do the wash. There was a woman, wielding her machete chopping the husks off the coconuts to make the drink and sell. One was roasting corn black on a grill and others were making empanadas ( like east Indian samosas ). This is a very remote area and all the women wore skirts and you'd see everyone carrying huge loads of corn or wood on their back held by a strap across their forehead. You'll notice, this man is carrying his machete by his side. We drove 30 miles into the jungle to see these falls, so you have to appreciate, these people are walking along this narrow road with their lo9ads and we didn't have a clue as to where they lived - some little path into a clearing where their hut was?
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