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Hotel Santa Monica Izabal

KM 200 Ruta al Atlantico Izabal, 1234, Guatemala

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I'm so tired I have'nt sleep a wink...

A travel blog entry by rollingstone54

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... next time...it will be different HA!! I also went to the post office, today, again, to find out if my parcel that Anne sent me had arrived, the post office was open today, but no parcel. I will basically have to check back each and every day, what a pain in the ass. Anyway, enough of the "pitty potty"!, when I was in town today, I went to Pollo Express (kinda like a Kentucky Fried Chicken), not the best choice, but hey! it's ...

Tomorrow never knows...

A travel blog entry by rollingstone54

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... out at Backpackers, chatting with different people from all over the world. Monday morning went into town to go to the Post Office -Anne sent me a care package about a month and a bit ago, thought the post office opened at 08:30 but when I got there it said that it opens at 11:30, well, so, I waited, walked, went for a bite to eat and went back at about 11:20 and sat around waiting for it to open. There is a guy beside the post office that runs ...

The Best Waterfall in the World

A travel blog entry by teamzandy

... type of fish that took a liking to Andy's ankles every so often, but the waterfall - OMG!!!! It cascaded down over yellow lime-covered rocks that themselves were dripping stalactites and stained the surrounding rocks green with sulfur. The smell was not bad (often these places havea distinct rotten egg aroma) and it was like the most amazing shower a perfect temperature. We just sat on one of ...

A leisurely trip down the Rio Dulce (Sweet River)

A travel blog entry by teamzandy

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... drop on the other side was about 5 feet with no hand or foot holds to pull yourself out again. Besides my white trousers had already taken a beating, so we found our way out, had a bit of a sweat in the natural sauna and then a dip in the hot springs. Although I completely forgot to take my ring off and so now the sulfur in the water oxidised the silver and now it looks like a brass ring - ho hum, strangely enough I actually prefer the colour.
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Economics, Hot Waterfalls and Supping with Sailors

A travel blog entry by jmabro

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... into the cave. Another part had a small rapid of cold water coming down the side while the hot water fell from above, it was quite fun for jumping into and flowing down with the water. As you can tell, we were really just being big kids again (or is that still? :-) Speaking of kids, there were some really sweet Guatemalan families there; one with a small inflatable boat that they took the kids and dog to the waterfall in and sat in to watch as the older boys jumped, rather ...