We finally made it out of Rio Dulce yesterday, in the rain. We are near the mouth of the river and today we officially checked out of Guatemala.... tomorrow morning we will sail out of the river and head into the wide open 'ocean' toward Roatan. Today we also FINALLY had some sunshine! I was getting accustomed to wearing my rainpants, jacket and rain hat everyday, but today I could briefly get by with just my bikini on! Yeahy!
Today we went to Livingston, Guatemala, on the coast. Livingston is known in this area for good live music on the weekends and for its garafona culture (descendants of black africans who escaped slavery by shipwreck or other means and settled the coast of central america). We checked out from that port and wandered the lively, clean, and colorful streets and then ate a delicious meal of seafood chowder, Caribbean style.... a whole small fish, a whole small crab, lots of clams, small squids, pieces of octopus, pieces of conch, plantain, cilantro and coconut milk!!! It was amazing!
Tomorrow we will try to be crossing the shallow water at the mouth of the Rio Dulce at the high tide, at 9 am. Then we will be in salt water and off toward Roatan. We may have to do an overnight sail to get to Roatan, but we'll see what the weather is like.
Many hugs! We'll write again from our next port!
