Garifuna drum school

It's our first full day in Punta Gorda and we didn't really have any plans.  My roommate Molly couldn't sleep at all last night, so while the rest of us were sleeping she researched what adventurous things we could do.  She stumbled across Garifuna drum lessons and ask me what I thought.  I love being fully submerged in other cultures so I was definitely in!  Once talking with the group several of us spontaneously decided to take drum lessons.  The adventure began with us wondering down a long gravel road and asking several natives if we were on the right track.  It was about a 20 minute walk and our lesson actually took place in this really awesome outdoor area with a thatched roof.  We took lesson from Ronald Ramon McDonald.   He is part of the Garifuna culture and gave us the history before teaching us how to play the drums.  The Garifuna people were placed on a ship to be brought to the sugar plantains in West Indies.  Along the way the ship wrecked, half of the Garifuna people died and half were saved.  Throughout their journey they picked up 6 different languages which make up the Garifuna language.  The languages include English, Spanish, Carrib, Arawa, African, and French.