EcoAldea Maya Livingston

... The kids there still know how to pass the time with dancing, running games, and teasing each other. I met Amanda and Mega who run &#8220;Rasta Mesa&#8221;, a community center for children&#8217;s activities and cooking/music/ art classes for tourists.<br><br>TAPADO is the dish of Livingston. It is a curry-like stew , but not of curry spices, and contains all kinds of seafood. Mine had a whole bony fish, a whole crab, shrimp ...

... a bus to Belize City to spend the night there before moving on to Guatemala. The bus was an old school bus and not the most comfortable so my **** was completely dead after 2 hours making the last hour pretty painful..<br> I'm not really sure what to make of Belize. Obviously I was only there a couple of days but it seemed to have a big American influence and a real mish mash of cultures. It was also a lot more expensive than the other countries in Central America and for ...

... some purpose, and it isn't to keep off the rain. We found out pretty quick that when it pours, and you're going fast, having a cover over your head doesn't mean you'll stay dry!<br><br>Luckily, the rain stopped fairly quickly, and we were able to enjoy the views for the rest of the way. In addition to the fact that the river gets you from one place to the next, it also could count as a pretty ...

... cooked on an open fire.<br><br>a quick word about the night.... ( dont worry decided i cant be ***** to share the geology facts, written too much already)...... incredible<br>you have never seen anything like it i promise (or at least i havent)<br>At dusk, the jungle begins to come alive with the sounds that are now all to familiar, the yellow, orange, green skies , slowly give way to greys and shadows of the night, then, an amazing thing happens.... The fields ...

... place to spend an afternoon (we used one of their free kayaks for a little paddle around and then fell asleep in hammocks!). We also saw two very little turtles swimming in the water by the dock (made our holiday!).<br><br>We got a pretty early night because we decided to leave for Panajachel at 5:30 the next morning, however a combination of being above the still occupied living room and a rather impressive thunderstorm kept us awake longer than we wanted.

Today we took a trip to los siete altars and la playa blanco. Los siete altars is a series of waterfalls (not sure I counted 7 per se) which we walked up (literally&#8230;. Most of them aren't that big!). It was beautiful and made us feel a bit adventurous once more, however we were only allowed 45mins there and so not really enough time for a swim (much to Anwen&#8217;s consternation). From there we moved further round the coast to the beach. It was a ...

... happened:<br>We were waiting at the designated bus stop at 9am and there seemd to be about 15 other tourists waiting there. Our bus finally rolled up at 945am. Hmm, that cant be good for our schedule. Anyway we crammed into this bus - I ended up stuck in the middle of a row made for two between some woman and Leighann - Leigh claims she gets sick when she doesnt sit next to the window. She has used this on me a few times. Anyway, the ride from San Marcos to Antigua took us ...

... being the most beautiful spot in the entire country and from what I have seen so far, you will be getting no argument from me. Gorgeous waterfalls, incredible mountain views and the warmest, greenest (in the good way) natural swimming pools you could ever ask for. The only real downside was the hike up to the mirador. My father warned me that it was not wise to spend my final week perfectly sedentary (at the dining room table, writing papers for school) but as usual, I ...

... came back and didn't talk to us, hopped in and started the car - we quickly opened the door and removed our things, had a chat and a laugh with the driver and waited for our real bus - he'd had a flat tyre and was running late.<br><br>Once he came we loaded our bags on the roof and covered them with a tarp and set off for Rio Dulce. Only 1 toilet stop we were there about 3hrs later - making very good time! In town we stocked up on water and snacks. The town of ...