Today
was about getting back to Guatemala City before
flying back to England
on Saturday!
I
left the hotel at 9:15am to catch the boat tour to Rio Dulce. The journey
itself was very nice – the water was calm and the surrounding landscape was
beautiful .
The
tour itself didn’t actually involve any form of a tour. All it meant was that
we stopped for about 20 minutes at “hot springs” and then slowly went round a
couple of islands where we saw about 5 different bird species.
The hot springs were
interesting to see – it was a small area of the water where the water was very
very hot! When standing close to the rocks, you could see the steam coming off
the water. When you step into the water you can feel the hot water at the top
and the water becoming very cold below. And then if you move towards the rocks
the water gets so hot that you can’t really stay in that area for long without
getting burnt.
When
we arrived in Rio Dulce, I made my way to a bus company (Litegua) which had
coaches to
I
arrived in Guatemala City
at about 6:30pm and headed to a hostel which was very close to the bus stop (Theatre
International). It was great that even though I had picked a random hostel, it
was nice, friendly and cheap! The dorm bed cost 55Q.
I
had planned to meet Grant as he was now staying in Guatemala City and was working in a clinic
there. He joined me at the hostel and when we asked where to go for dinner,
some of the staff said that they were going to get some food too and we ended
up going altogether.
After
food we returned to the hostel and played a few card games. I spent the rest of
the evening with the staff at the hostel (Grant had to go home as he had work
the following day – yes he was working on Saturdays!) and went to sleep ready
to head home the following day.
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