We took a lengthy hike in Janela. Our guides told us not to take this hike if we were not fully capable of hiking up steep mountains, with high steps and rough footing. We rolled our eyes and proceeded with the hike. I will say that it was challenging at times. This hike was basically like walking through this village on "main street." It was not a road for vehicles but for people and donkeys. It was a well-established road that I'm sure gets lots of use. We enjoyed the trail and the hike felt good to us.

Below you can see how well defined this trail was, which is why I thought of it as main street.

The next two photos show how far up from the valley we hiked. They also show why this was not a vehicle road. Here we were mostly hiking through bananas and sugar cane.

Water conservation and use is critically important here, despite how green it is. They have a short rainy season, about three months, and a long dry season. For that reason, they have reservoirs and channels for the water to collect and move around the village.

Transportation was mostly done by people but we did see several people, like this one fellow below, transporting by donkey.

Local people that we passed in the village were mostly quiet but not unfriendly. I would say that they mostly seemed curious about us. I don't think this village and this hike have yet become tourist destinations.

Now we were back down from the mountain and our circular hike. You can still get the sense of the steepness of this village and the depth of the canyons.

I would say that we saw and passed more banana plants than any other. Bananas grow very well here.