It was raining cats and dogs when we docked in Santo Tomas, Guatemala but it let up about the time we headed out for our tour. There were three groups loading onto small boats for our trip. The first two got loaded and then the heavens opened again. Half of our group, including Jim and Phyllis, decided to head back to the dry, comfortable ship. We decided to brave the weather.
This is the type of boat we are on. This boat was headed up the coast along with us.
The boat was covered but the captain gave each row a large, plastic tarp that we ended up needing badly. The boat moved at a pretty high speed and the boat cover was of no use against driving at high speed into the rain. Fortunately, the tarps were large and we all hunkered down under out tarps and remained pretty dry. But because we were hidden under the tarps we didn’t really see much of the coastline as we headed to Livingston.
The rain stopped as we arrived in Livingston. Livingston from the water.
And the marina and docks where we landed.
The guide took us on a walking tour around part of the town. A few views…
some of the colorful houses,
Then we hit a small café for drinks and snacks and the rains opened up again.
We eventually headed back to the boat
for a ride up the Rio Dulce River.
Some sections had a lot of homes on the river.
Some of the buildings had thatched roofs.
Some parts of the river were flanked by white limestone cliffs.
Among other things we saw were waterlilies in a backwater area,
a iguanas in the trees
cormorants
egrets
mangroves
and vultures.
The boat eventually headed back towards Livingston and on to the port. We spent most of the ride huddled under the tarp.
We met up with
Jim and Phyllis, who spent the morning warm and dry on the ship.
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