Vecchia Toscana Livingston

... and conch. The larger animals were hard to eat. The stew also contains carrot and cassava or potato. It is quite hearty, but if you don't want to work to eat your food, ask if the seafood is already filleted. <br>The stew rice &amp; beans is quite tasty anywhere. <br>In Livingston, the best food I found is at Tilingo Lingo. The owner's name is Maria. She can make Indian curry, Mexican dishes, Italian food, and offers delicious lemonade!<br>

... it just didn't feel quite right there so I decided to move on pretty quick and get in to Guatemala which was the best decision I've made so far. Having now spent a week in Guatemala its fair to say this country is the absolute daddy! The land is stunningly beautiful and the things I have seen and done so far have been absolute quality. I also met up with a couple of Aussie guys Dave &amp; Jerrad who I had met on my last night in San Cristobal Mexico. They were doing the same ...

... scenic tour, as well. The boat stopped at several places to make sure we could see the best sights on the river, including the old castle, floating gardens, natural hot springs, and a slow passage down a deep canyon, with limestone cliffs extending several hundred feet up into the air. <br><br>Upon arrival in Livingston, we settled in and got our passports stamped -- heading to Belize tomorrow!<br>

... and even sky comes alive with luminescent yellow silent explosions - fireflies - armies of them! its incredible and as the night grows darker thewhole place from floor to the skies is glowing dots, the sky here is so dark that you can see the milyway and im sure galaxies further on that this.<br>Needless to say the evening (or before we went to bed each night at 8:30!!) were spent cooking and then just sitting in the middle of this firework liek display.<br ...

... beach filled with gringos but then it was a beach and the sun was shining, so not really much to complain about. In the far distance you could see the misty shapes of mountains over the bay and we were informed that this was 'punta gorda in Belice&#8217;. It was a little weird to look back on where we&#8217;ve been for the past 4 weeks. Since it was the middle of the day I tried to sit mainly in the shade and I think for once I may have succeeded ...

... Maybe we&#8217;ll both be having it again tomorrow night. We went out for a couple of drink with the guys (again on their company&#8217;s expense) but we were tired, and it was raining, so we went to bed quite early.<br><br>Tomorrow we are taking a tour to some local waterfalls and a white sand beach (hopefully the weather will hold out!!!!)<br><br>Lessons learnt:<br><br>Do not keep food such as Gomier&#8217;s cookies and raisins in ...

... s, and it ended up being a perfect place to stop, as it costs US$6 a night to camp, it has nice hot showers, and good internet allowing me to keep up with my work.<br><br>With in a couple of days I realized that some of the old sailors that were here had been staying here for a longtime. I met 55+ year old Greg who is an ex- surfer from the San Francisco Bay area, he's been gone from the US for 5 years now. He is hanging out in the area due to being ...

... 3 hrs 15 mins. Hmm, 1pm arrival in Anrigua - that means 6 hours left to Rio Dulce. Ok this is going to be tough. We were told we had to switch shuttles at Antigua for another going to Guatemala City, an hour away. <br>I stole the front seat this time which can be suicidal on these shuttles. A shuttle by the way is a 15 seater van that has no air conditioning and where it is mandatory for the driver to drive at insane speeds and navigate the tight roads. I decide to try to ...

... him a foolish old man and did not heed his advice. Also as usual, he was right. The view more than made up for the strenuous hike...but I did fear that part way up the mountain, my heart was going to give out and that I was going to be eaten by what I can only assume to be the carniverous monkeys that were mocking me as I gasped for breath and attempted to keep the sweat from pouring into my eyes and effectively blinding me. <br><br>After the hike, we descended ...

... Dulce was thriving, kids out of school, street market and loads of cars, trucks and bikes. It was stinking hot and I quickly stocked up on my goodies before heading down to the dock. We loaded ourselves into a small boat and set off on Lake de Izabal - Guatemala's largest. It was only a 5min run to our lakeside hotel called Tortugal. We were about to discover what a gem this place was! <br><br>Its run by an American couple and people from all over the world who are ...