Blogs from Lago de Izabal, Caribbean Coast, Guatemala, Central America Caribbean

I was tired and banged up but I figured that this shouldn't stop me from pressing on to Rio Dulce given that it was only about 2 hours away. I gave a North-Irish backpacker a ride to a turnoff where he was going to try to hitch a ride into a more remote part of Guatemala. I figure that he's probably dead by now judging by the condition of the road that he started down. I arrived in the chaos of Rio Dulce before noon and quickly decided that I should try to find a place to stay in the nearby hamlet of San Felipe where the helpful touts directed me to a cheap hotel with a secure place to park my car. I befriended one of the touts for the purpose of practicing Spanish and ... read more

this wekend we drove to this litttle surf town called el zonte on the west coast of el savador and OH MY GOD...i had no preconseptions of what the country had to offer since i really new nothing about it..and therefor thought it was dangerous...well all of latin america can be dangerous but then so can commercial drive! the community was solid there, and we were escourted by denny himself from dennys beach(the resort here) oh ya we are back now..its only a four hour drive.so going with denny was spectacular because we entered there with a level of respect. I felt connected right off the bat..everyone was so open ! when we got there saturday night they just happened to be having the biggest beach parties of the summer(its there summer right now..kids are even ... read more