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I left Cay Caulker at sunset an after a long journey by boat, bus, boat and boat, I made it to Livingston at the Caribbean coast of Guatemala. The bus was hell: 7 hours to cover 220 km, bumpy road, very hot, bad seats, ... and border formalities were rather funny: to leave Belize, immigration was in a small house at the seaside where our name and pasport number was written down in a big book and we had to pay 7,5 belize dollars (3 euro) and after the 45 min boat ride to Puerto Barrios in Guatemala we had to walk 300 meters down the street to another small office where our entry stamp for Guatemala was given. That one was free now, by the way, when I entered Guatemala from Mexico I had to pay 10 quetzales (1 euro). Border payments seem to be prety random here, for leaving Belize for instance I met other people who payed 37,5 belize dollars...
Anyway, a last boat ride brought me to Livingston at time that the sun was setting. Along the journey I had met a group of 6 Austrian students and together we found a hostel and food for the night. Livingston houses the only black settlement of Guatemala and as I came from another Carribean location in Belize I didn't notice much different (lots of blacks and rastas, relaxed atmosphere, lots of drums) but it s said to be very diffrent from the rest of Guatemala.
The next day we walked to the 7 altares, a series of natural pools connected by cascading waters. But as it hasn't been raining for some time there were no cascades and only the uppermost pool had enough water to allow swimming and high jumps. Nice, but nothing special. I saw pictures from during the rainy season and then it must be realy impressing. The walk itself could have been realy nice, along the beach, under palm trees, but I couldn't help myself to be very irritated by all the trash on the very thin beach. At night we ate at Tilingo-Lingo, a nice small place with a Mexican woman doing the talking and the cooking. She explained her life and the menu talking super fast and with a lot of pride that she was in 17 guide books and claiming to have the best food and the best mojito in Guatemala. I can't say if it 's the best in Guatemala, but it was realy good.
Al together it was nice to have visited Livingston, but 1 day is enough to see it all!
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