May 01, 2008
Flores, Guatemala
01.05.2008 -17 °C
Our last 2 days have been in Livingston, Guatemala on the Caribbean side. We stayed on a small island in little cabins. The pool was the hit in this heat.
Our second day we were able to visit the school and drop of our gifts. It was very moving for the students and after at least 45 minutes there I saw some tears in the eyes of our students.
We continued along the Rio Dulce and saw some fabulous sites along the way. It was a great day, very memorable.
We are back in Guatemala and in the island town of Flores. Pretty painted buildings, a town square with its signature church. We all have a free afternoon to wander around the town before our 0600 departure tomorrow for Tikal. Its laundry day as well for alot of the students. Tonight we plan to have dinner in a restaurant overlooking Lago Petan Itza.
Did not have chance to post anything the last few days as the internet can be slow or non existant in some places. One activity that most of the students did in Copan Honduras was a zipline excursion. It was a great rate of 35 USD for 15 traverses with 2 of them being 1 km. long. They all had a hoot. Some complained how sore they were the next day from their superman antics but I think the pictures and videos they took are going to be memories to last a life time.
So far, no accidents or thefts, a few people starting to get upset stomachs and diarrhea but nothing a little Imodium won´t cure.
After our 4 hour tolur of Tikal tomorrow we will then board our buses to Belize. The plan for Belize is to have 2 nights in San Ignacio and then 3 nights in Caye Caulker for beach and snorkeling.
My tip of the day is............. some ATMs only allow you to withdrawl from one of your accounts so a good idea would be to have money in both your chequing and savings account.
