Blogs from Río Dulce, Caribbean Coast, Guatemala, Central America Caribbean - page 6

Tim Version: * Double bussed again to Rio Dulce, found the main side to be hectic and dodgy so stayed on the more beautiful quiet side at an incredible hostel. * Visited the local fort, but didn't feel like river voyaging so was done and ready for Antigua quick. The water loving version: An apparently very beautiful place, I made Rio Dulce my destination and headed off. Upon reaching it, it feels like an end of the line port town, which I guess is partially because it used to be! Along the main street are loads of people trying to hawk lifts to Livingston and up the river, as well as many guys on bikes trying to get you to go to various hotels. This is all on the busier side of the bridge as Rio ... read more

German then English: Endlich schreiben wir mal wieder und haben damit eine ordentliche Aufgabe fuer die ganze Woche, die wir jetzt hier in Merida verbringen, einen Spanischkurs besuchen und Salsa lernen. Nun gut, nach einer nicht ganz unstrapazioesen, doch noch gut ertraeglichen Reise sind wir in Rio Dulce, am groessten Fluss Guatemalas angekommen. Nachdem wir uns ein bisschen mit Knabbereien eingedeckt hatten, sind wir mit dem Boot auf eine kleine Insel uebergesetzt. Wer weiss was es da fuer Viechzeug gibt! Die Insel ist sehr morastig, von einem Gebaeude zum anderen kommt man mittels eines Weges aus Holzplanken und unsere Huetten stehen z.T. auf Stelzen und sind natuerlich aus Holz. Neben den Huetten und entlang der Wege finden sich kleine Tuempel, in ihnen Fische, Froesche, Caimane und unzaehlige andere Tierchen - natuerlich ist das ein Paradies fuer ... read more

So, my new job offer... I was asked by a couple of Dutch people I know that run the Sundog Café in Rio Dulce town, if I wanted to help them out taking care of their new hostal about 5 minutes up river. As there are only two of them, if they took one business each they would never get a day off, so the idea was that I would stay with the hostal, they can run the café between them and cover for me on my days off as well. Having already checked out the new hostal (paradise!), I agreed to move in and get started ASAP. So for the last month or more I've been working at Nutria Ecolodge and Marina, and also why I never got a chance to do a blog, I've ... read more

Yesterday morning I finally left Rio Dulce, for this year at least. It was strange, really strange, but in a strange way. It still didn't feel like I was actually leaving. Of course we had the usual leaving party and leaving dinner, it was also Montse's leaving do, the long serving volunteer coordinator, along with Arturo, one of the teachers from Spain. So we all got up on the bar and danced to the leaving song, Tobaco y Chanel by Los Bacillos, an Argentinian group. Then we all fell down and got thrown in the river fully clothed in the middle of a tropical downpour, actually better fun than it might sound, the water is always warmer than the bar by that time of night. Also went to say goodbye to the kids and drop off ... read more