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We met Frank walking through the jungle on Little Corn Island. For $1.50, he offered to climb up the tree and cut two coconuts open with his machete for us. You don’t turn down coconuts, and you sure don’t turn down a man with a machete in a jungle. So, Frank made us an offer we couldn’t refuse, and we had a delicious lunch of fresh coconut and coconut milk. You can’t beat this island life.
The Corn Islands: Big Corn vs. Little Corn | Globetrottergirls
Thursday 14th of April 2011
[...] and cross from west to east side in about 10 to 15 minutes. During the day, you might meet Frank, who will climb up a tree and cut down a coconut for you for a buck. You can do it yourself for free, as did fellow vacationers we met [...]
Alex
Wednesday 19th of January 2011
I love that book! Is it the Lonely Planet one? I can't wait to read your posts.
I feel the "beat the tourists/environmental destruction" anxiety about so.many.places. For example I secretly hope the US never opens travel to Cuba - the thought of a cruise ship dock and a Senior Frogs in downtown Havana makes me want to cry.
Dani
Thursday 20th of January 2011
This is so funny - we were just talking about how we have to go to Cuba QUICKLY!! We're sure things there will change soon - but we hope that Senor Frogs never makes it to Cuba!! (Scary thought!) Here's a link to the book '1000 places to see before you die': http://amzn.to/fcXRto It's subtitled 'A Traveler's Life List' and we won't stop traveling until we've ticked off all these places :) Little Corn is great for diving, btw, and there are a few ship wrecks off the shore which you can explore.
Alex
Tuesday 18th of January 2011
Corn Islands are completely on my bucket list... I hope you blog more about your trip there soon!
Dani
Wednesday 19th of January 2011
Hi Alex, the Corn Islands were on our bucket list too and we were even more excited when we got there and found out that Little Corn Island is mentioned in the book '1000 places to see before you die' - another place ticked off on our looooooooooong list ;-) The islands are very special and we'll post about them in more detail soon. Hope you get to go there before they are completely overrun by tourists.
Earl
Sunday 16th of January 2011
I was expecting a photo of you two climbing a tree trying to get coconuts!! Surely you gave it a try as well??
Dani
Monday 17th of January 2011
Just imagine that picture!! Would you really want to see this? ;-) We wished we could've just climbed up and got them, cuz Frank wasn't always around to get us some ;-)
Migrationology
Saturday 15th of January 2011
Nice photos, and I agree, you cannot turn down fresh coconuts!
jess
Sunday 16th of January 2011
Amen to that! We will miss the fresh coconuts so much when we leave here.