Sunrise on the boat

From Flores to Livingston to Utila

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February 18th 2009
From Flores, we travelled straight to Utila, an island off the Caribbean coast of Honduras. It was quite a complicated trek, but we didn't stop anywhere on the way. We are on a tight schedule now - only ten days left in Central America! We took a bus from Flores to Rio Dulce, a small town on the bank of the large Rio Dulce which runs west-east through Guatemala to the ocean. We then took a b ... read more

Central America Caribbean » Guatemala » Caribbean Coast » Livingston

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The Maya civilization flourished in Guatemala and surrounding regions during the first millennium A.D. After almost three centuries as a Spanish colony, Guatemala won its independence in 1821. During the second half of the 20th century, it experience... ... read more