Rio Dulce & Livingston – Oct. 17 – Oct. 20th

Author: JennieRae
Date Posted: Oct 20, 2014
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Rio Dulce used to be just a port town, but now it’s becoming very popular with yachties. The US Coast Guard stated that it’s the safest place on the western Caribbean for boats during hurricane season.

The ride from Semuc Champey to Rio Dulce was almost more exciting than the city of Rio Dulce itself. Basically it’s all one-lane, dirt roads. Due to the crazy, heavy rain the previous days, many trucks were getting stuck. In in this case this truck was slipping in the mud and having trouble getting up the small hill. Men from the cars that were stuck behind it were climbing up near the front to try to offset the weight distribution. It didn’t work and eventually the truck back up off to the side that at least others could get by.

This was our vehicle trying to get past the fuel truck. Since he was stuck on most of the road, we had to go off to the side, but out vehicle didn’t have 4-wheel drive so it was a struggle to get through the mud.

Oh, no…not again. Yes, we saw multiple trucks stuck in the road. Some were easier to pass than others.

Hotel Kangeroo. Our lodging in Rio Dulce.

This waterfall is the only place in the world where warm water flows into cold water. If you climb on top of the waterfall there are some natural hot water pools which were very nice.

This small canoe trip was very beautiful.

Collectivos are the best way to get around. Basically it’s one guy who own a van so he tries to fit as many people inside (or in this case outside) as he can. Sitting on top like this was actually not as bad as you might think. It was actually preferable to being inside where 30 people are squeezed into a space made for 20 people.

No translation needed, I believe. The collectivos are so packed and with all the starting and stopping to let people on and off, this sign is needed more than one would think.