Drive to Alajuela lake where the Embera Indians are awaiting you to board a “Pirogue” or motorized dug-out-canoe made of a single log. You go up-river sometimes through some rapids until you reach their community. A welcoming committee will receive you and will invite you to a typical thatched roof hut. Here, a lady will talk about how they get the fiber and how they dye them in order to weave their fine baskets. And a man will talk about their culture, traditions, house building and their "Cocobolo" wood carvings as well as their "Tagua" nut better known as vegetable ivory. AS you listen the talk, you can have your body tattooed with "Jagua" which only lasts about 10 days for about US$10.00 a paint. After, you are given lunch and then invited to check out their handicrafts on display like on a local market. (bring cash $$$). Then, the whole village will gather for a dance farewell presentation before you get back on the dug-out-canoe and head back to the bus. Once on the vehicle, is about one hour and fifteen minutes to get back to Panama City.
