Cerro Banco Waterfall

I finally made it to the waterfall, but was to worn out to really enjoy it. I had no idea what I was getting myself into. I was even carrying a swimsuit and towel, and while hiking was dreaming of diving in the water to cool off. Not exactly the best swimming hole and hiking down to the falls we walked on a very steep slippery trail. No one had paid a visit to the falls for quite a while, because the guy who showed me where they were had to hack our way down the trail with a machete. My ankle was dong okay on the flat road, but the little trail was killing it. I never would have found the falls on my own. I just kept asking people where they were and finally one man waved me onto his property, so I opened the fence and went in. Together we walked to his back yard and straight into the jungle. There was no sign telling me which way to go, or how to get there. Once we got to a spot where I could film I set up the camera took some still images and recorded some video. I was planning to record a little more video but the skies opened up and we were caught in a massive rain storm. The steep trail became very muddy and slippery and I pretty much crawled out of there on my hands and knees. Back at the mans house he asked me to pay him $5 for showing me the way. I looked in my wallet and saw a 20, 10, and 3 ones. So I tried to haggle him down to $3 but he wouldn't go for it. So I asked if he could break a $10, but he didn't have change. He told me I could walk back down the hill and find a store that could break the bill, but that was the opposite way I need to go. So I told him it was $3 or nothing and started walking away. He took the $3 and said he would wait for me to pay the other $2 on another day, the next time I come back. I was honest and told him I was never coming back to this place. He left me alone.