The Garifuna town of Livingston

In the morning, we walked to “the junction” where we waited for a bus to take us back to Punta Gorda. It was a long walk and we were lucky that whilst we were walking an open back truck passed by and offered us a lift to the junction.

The boat going from Punta Gorda to Livingston (Guatemala) departed at 1pm and so we had some time in Punta Gorda before we left. We sat on the beach for an hour or so before going to the port to cross over to Livingston.

As part of the standard “exit fees”, we were made to pay $37.50 Belizian (2 Belizian dollars to 1 US $). The boat journey cost $60 Belizian. That was SO expensive – the journey was only 45 minutes but this standard price was able to be used because there is no other way to get to Livingston from Punta Gorda. Apparently there is a road which is being built but this isn’t open to the public yet.

It felt good to be back in Guatemala! The prices of things in Belize were so much more than Guatemala!

 

We found a hotel not far from the port (Hotel Henry Barrison Ford). At the top of the hotel we had a great view of the port.

We spent the afternoon walking around the town, which was similar to most Guatemalan towns – had a nice market place and then living areas around the centre. 

In the evening we walked further along the road that our hotel was and saw some very nice hotels on the river-front. We stopped at one of them for dinner and then went back to the hotel where we watched another movie before going to sleep.