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Cruise Down the Rio Dulce to Livingston

Evan and me headed down the Rio Dulce to the town of Livingston.  We passed a bird rookery on an island in the middle of the river.  There were lots of birds in the trees making quite a squawk.

Another boat heading down the river.

People in canoes.

Houses on the river.

Lilly pads.

The other people in the boat.  Note the age of the crew.

A stop-off at a hot spring at the edge of the river.

Evan tried out the hot water.

Then we visited a cavern up the hill.

It was very hot inside.

Into the canyon with towering 300 foot tall white cliffs.

Motoring down the river.

Coming to the mouth of the Rio Dulce where it pours into the Caribbean Sea.

We arrive at Livingston.

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Rio Dulce

After hopping over the border into Guatemala, Evan and I went to the headwaters of the Rio Dulce.

It was a nice, warm day at the river.

The bridge over the Rio Dulce.

Many sailboat owners moor around Rio Dulce to protect them from storms.

We took a boat ride around the headwaters of the Rio Dulce.

Getting gas.

The old fort along the river.

After our tour around the Rio Dulce headwaters, we headed down the river to Livingston.  The night before we headed south, we were treated to a wonderful Christmas Eve fireworks spectacular.  For almost three hours the entire town came alive as if it were in the middle of a war zone.  Massive explosions and bursts of colors rang out in every direction.  Evan and I hunkered down with a couple of other tourists at the hotel bar where we hoped that we wouldn’t be killed by stray fireworks.  If you ever wondered what being in the middle of a fireworks show was like, go to Rio Dulce for Christmas Eve.

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Waterfall Jumping

Having completed our duties with EWB and the water project, Evan and I set out on an adventurous vacation.  Our first stop was not far from the community.  We stayed at the hostel in Tacuba, a town nearby.  The first order of business was to crack open a bottle of Flor de Cana

Looking out over Tacuba.

The next day we woke up early and headed out for the nearby national park to take a tour of some waterfalls.

The truck ride was intense.

This would be our epic or extreme faces.

Our guide for most of the hike.

Descending from the ridge-tops into the jungle.

Along the waterway headed to the first waterfall.

Waterfall number one.

Evan took the first plunge.

Evan makes a splash.

More scrambling down the rocks.

We found a cool insect.

I wore my hiking boots the whole way.  They were a bit like anchors in the water.

The main guide.  He was a rather interesting fellow.

We weren’t able to jump off this waterfall from the top.  Further down though we could.

The time it took to resurface after hitting the water felt ridiculously long.

We found a beheaded boa constrictor on the road.

Our guide was pissed off that someone killed this harmless snake.

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