Blogs from Central America Caribbean - page 1911

This one is a doozie, folks. Brace yourselves. We’re still in Guatemala, but we’ve covered a lot of ground since we last blogged. And being that we’re not so good at editing things out, that means that there are lots of stories and photos for your enjoyment, perhaps even more than you would like. Bear with us. We last left off in Livingston our port of entry into Guatemala. And it was a really good place to transition from Belize. In Livingston, the folks by and large speak Spanish, but English is pretty regularly used, and we still got to listen in on colorful conversations in Creole. The people in Livingston are more diverse than in other parts of Guatemala and the Garifuna culture (black Caribbean) is still prevalent. This was great for us as we ... read more

Nothing like the boss suggesting we need new Underwater footage to promote the company. “OK, boss I’ll take one for the team. Where do I have to go? Oh, the Cayman Islands? Well, I guess so. An entire week you say? Well that really screws up my schedule, but if you insist.” So I’m off to Grand Cayman, a week of diving and with a new HD camcorder no less. I spent my Friday and Saturday taking in the sites of Grand Cayman: the Turtle Farm, the local pub, and of course, Hell. Yes, you heard me right, Hell exists and its right here on planet earth, apparently all those religious folk were right, they were just a little geographically challenged in regards to its location. Hell is actually an area of weathered limestone rock that ... read more

This would have been our earliest wake up yet - the alarm was set for 3.15am. However we slept through this after a bad night’s sleep (and an ineffective but still 100 decibel fan) and awoke to find it was 4.23am. Our bus was leaving at 5. We made the decision to try and catch it, as the next bus was not for another 24 hours. 13 minutes later we had got dressed, cleaned teeth, checked out, got a taxi to the bus terminal and were in the queue to buy two tickets (turned out to be almost the last two tickets as the bus was pretty much full). Impressive stuff. We were heading for Managua, Nicaragua. It was a very uneventful journey with even the border crossing organized by the bus company, TICABUS, so all ... read more

Buenos Tardes! Greetings from Lago Atitlan. We landed in Guatemala city two days ago and immediately jumped into vans to take us to San Marcos. The group was wiped out after an overnight flight. We slept most of the way. After a long nap squeezed in upon the winding roads leading to the highlands, we finally arrived. The words "Bienvenidos a lago" woke me out of a deep sleep and I looked outside to the spectacular sight of Lake Atitalan. As some may already know, my Grandmother has been diagnosed with lung cancer. I decided to go foward with the trip anyway with the understanding that I would fly home if things looked bad. I am always thinking of her and send my love to her and the rest of family. We boated across the lake ... read more

Ah... San Pedro La Laguna resting on the shores of Lago de atitlan in the highlands of guatemala. ´´pan de banan, pan de coco, pan de chocolat...´´ these are the sounds of San Pedro. The women who carry these baskets of fresh bread on their heads are incredibly burly. It has been somewhat of an adventure getting here but at last we have made it to the land of the cheap. We began the trip about a week ago in guatemala city we arrived just in time for the country´s indapendance day celebration. The city was absoutly alive and a little intimidating, but with the help of a friend Senior Lopez and his son we were able to find some accomodations for the evening in the more run down part of town. Although, we quickly realized ... read more