The next day we had a little sleep in. Once we got up we went downstairs and checked with the dive shop what dives we could do. Afterwards we had some breakfast. We decided to sign up for the wreck and nitrox diving course. It would involve learning to dive and penetrate a wreck and to dive with enriched air, which basicly means there’s more oxygen added to a...
The next morning we were still tired. The whole night it had been noisy outside. Roosters, chickens, motorcycles, boat engines, loud music kept us awake for a good portion of the night The alarm went of around 5.30am. We got up, packed our bags and then headed to the boat that was going to bring us to Puerto Barrios, the port town of Guatemala. The boat ride took...
The next morning we met up with the American couple early, as we were planning to get out of Placencia and make our way to Guatemala. We phoned the guy who was supposed to bring us, but he said he had no time today. We then decided to grab a watertaxi, a taxi, a bus and a boat to finally get to Guatemala. Everything went smooth, so we finally got to Livingston in...
The whole town is connected by a long, narrow walkway that goes through the whole island. It’s apparently in the Guinness book of records for being the longest narrow walkway on earth. On the walkway are numerous guest houses, shops and restaurants. Placencia turned out to be a lot less developed than I expected. For some reason I was expecting a well developed...
The next morning we got up early, packed our bags and made our way to Raggemuffin. We threw our backpacks on the boat and had some breakfast. We left the island around 8am. We then set sail on a big catamaran to an island called Rendezvous Caye. We stopped a few times on the way to do some snorkelng. The captain, called Ish, went spearfishing and was able to catch a...
The ride to Flores took a good 8 hours. It involved a lot of curly roads through the mountains. We also had to cross a river on a ferry, which was basicly a floating piece of wood with on either side two small speedboats moving it along. There were a lot of cars and a big truck on the wooden structure. Once we neared Flores two guys jumped onto the bus to welcome us...
Once we arrived in Semuc Champey we were greeted by a few agressive teenagers who were all trying to convince us to come to their hostel. We initially wanted to stay at Zypher, which was recommended to us by a lot of travelers. Unfortunately we couldn’t book it, because of the power outtage. We finally decided to stay at a nearby hostel called Oasis, which was...
It seems like the towns around lake Atitlan are still stuck in the seventies. Upon arrival at San Pedro de Lago Atitlan, we sson found out we had landed in Hippietwon. Hippies from all over the world decided to make the towns around the lake their home. In the hostels people openly smoke weed and on the streets hippies walk around to sell spacecookies. We decided to...
After a good nights sleep I could still feel all my muscles in my body. We got up early again, because today we were going mountain biking in the surroundings of Antigua. I told the guide I wasn’t experienced, so he would see how things would go. The mountain biking turned out harder than I thought. It was definitely not meant for beginners. Going down hill on...