Blogs from Livingston, Caribbean Coast, Guatemala, Central America Caribbean - page 7

Da fang ich doch einfach mal mit dem letzten Event an: Ich bin dreadfrei! Ja, vor wenigen Minuten habe ich mir in einem Salon de Belleza hier in Livingston, dem karibischsten Ort Guatemalas, meine Dreads abschneiden und eine Kurzhaarfrisur verpassen lassen :)! Jetzt ist mir nicht mehr so warm, und einige Gramm abgenommen habe ich sicherlich auch.... fuer meine Bikinifigur, nein, -frisur. Denn viel mehr muss man hier gar nicht anhaben, das Meer ist nah und warm. Und ausserhalb des Meeres ist es noch viel waermer, da moechte man am liebsten noch weniger anhaben, aber der Anstand gebietet sich doch halbwegs konform zu verhalten. Vor inzwischen 3- oder 4? Tagen sind wir hier angekommen, und es ist schon nah an dem, was ich mir so vorgestellt habe. Hier leben Mestizos ( meist Nachkoemmlinge von Spaniern), Indigenas ... read more

After abandoning our epic sea voyage from Honduras to Guatemala we needed to make our way back overland to Livingston and return to our original itinerary. As we headed off at dawn on the ferry from Utila we were greeted by clear skies and calm seas and I had this nagging feeling that the weather would be like that for weeks to come. Some of the best fun we had in Honduras was as we were traveling around the country and we really enjoyed our journey from Utila to the small holiday resort town of Omoa. We bumbled our way across a fair chunk of Honduras in coaches, collectivos and chicken buses (we even managed to squeeze in a cyclo ride along the way!). Our Honduran travel mates were pretty friendly and there is certainly something ... read more

On arrival in Livingstone, on first sight there seemed few of the Garifunas about which were meant to populate the town. In one of those typical tourist type ways, development gives you some of the services you want but by doing so removes what you came to see. There´s is no real reason why this has to be the case but through rampant Capitalism and lack of sustainable development this is often the case. It´s the eternal search of many a backpacker to find the place of great interest, largelly unspoit which isn´t virtually impossible to reach or overly expensive. More on this later. The history and the politics of the town is very interesting and surprisingly their is a real lack of information posted in the town about it. As a result I came across ... read more