Izabal, Guatemala

... completely different too: big, expensive villas with enormous sailing yachts in front of it. At the end, lago Izabal was waiting for us, the biggest lake of Guatemala. At the beginning lies a nice fort, build by the Spaniards in the 17th century to keep out ...

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... above us on both sides. Only a few miles of Guatemalan coast separate Belize and Honduras on the Carribean side. This is Guatemala's access to the Atlantic. Livingston is small town along this stretch and has more of a carribean, rather than latin, feel ...

... arrived 10 minutes before the flight left, and our lovely airline buddies rushed us and our luggage out onto the tarmac, and off to Guatemala city we went. Upon arrival, we were met by our guide whose name we still don´t know, and he drove us to Rio Dulce. ...

... they have a natural hot spring waterfall with water so hot it's almost painful. The hottest shower you'll find in Guatemala, guaranteed. What a beautiful place. After two days of luxury at Tortugal, though, we took the colectivo lancha (public mini boat) ...