Guatemala City

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Spent a few days getting the lay of the land in Guatemala City. I took this picture because I kind of liked the way the painting contrasted with the McDonald’s sign. But since I’m on the subject, wow are there a lot of fast food places in Guatemala City. We … Read More

The Rio to the City

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The town of Fronteras, Rio Dulce, may not be pretty, but if you need something there’s a fair chance that you’ll find it somewhere along the road. Food, fruit, banks, hardware, and even a sizable marine store. Just don’t step into the road without looking both ways. Remember the 70s … Read More

Horsing Around

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Varnish work continues around the boat, and we continue to go about life in the middle of it all. Though we are leaving soon for inland travels, we wanted to be around while work got going on Bumuzzle. The marina is across a small bay from the main part of … Read More

Summer Season Prep

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The best part of sailing around the world on the route and timeline that we took was that we were always moving. We took a few months off in New Zealand, but that hardly felt like we were waiting out a hurricane/cyclone season since we had so much to see … Read More

Rivers and Rain

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We got together with a few friends and headed up to the Hot Spring Waterfall. We walked down the trail past women doing their laundry in the river and came to this pretty waterfall. Not all that remarkable on the face of it, but the water up above is fed … Read More

Rio Dulce Life

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Our new digs for hurricane season. It’s a small eco-resort with maybe twenty-five slips and a bunch of small bungalows. There isn’t much of a breeze here, so the cleaning ladies just drape their daily laundry all over the docks. We went right to work washing and drying everything out … Read More