Hopkin's Day turned into a week
Trip Start
Jul 01, 2008
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Trip End
Ongoing
So we went to Hopkins planning to spend a couple nights to see the beaches we heard were beautiful and ended up staying a week (of course). We didn't even know at the time but it turned out that the weekend we were there was Hopkins Day weekend. So this usually sleepy town was bustling with people. We stayed at Lebeha, which is the drumming center. We actually ended up making friends with the guy who runs it, Jebar. He is totally crazy, but in a good way. Bryan got some drumming lessons from him, I tried, but quit after not very long. The night before the official Hokins Day festival (Friday) we went out to the local bars with some of the locals who work at The Octupus Garden (or The Pus, and we call it). We bar hopped with them until wobbling home, Bryan being carried by Carlos and "Fat Boy." For actual Hokins Day (Saturday) we went to the old school and ate bbq, hung out with the adorable local kids, and listened to the drummers. Sunday was my favorite of all. We went to North Beach bar where a famous (supposedly the most famous band in Belize) Punta Rock band was playing. We were completely out of money (we didn't realize there are no atm's in hopkins) but made friends with this guy, Louie, and his brother, Jacques (so hot!), from South Africa, they lent us some money at first, and then ended up just buying us drinks all night. Bryan went home early (tired) but I stayed and danced the night away, so much fun! The rest of the time we spent just relaxing.
