Getaway around Lake Izabal

15 39.96N 88 59.48W Thursday 26 October – Flashback, For the record! We have just returned from our Spanish course at Lake Petén Itza, thinking that during our absence the work of the rear gantry has advanced. Bad surprise nothing was done .. Not even a piece of stainless steel cut to measurements. It's a battle of 2…

Trip to northern Guatemala

Tuesday 31 July –  After 6 weeks spent in France, we are back at the Rio Dulce at Marina Monkey Bay. Suitcases barely laid down, we book our language course in San Andres, small village located on the shores of Lake Peten Itza in northern Guatemala. It is a studious program that awaits us…

Guatemala – Rio Dulce

We arrive at the end of the day at the mouth of the Rio Dulce. It is impossible to enter the Rio at this time, There is only 1m60 of water , Hibiscus with a draft of 1m80 ca is a bit just to pass!  We have to wait until the next morning. We anchor near the channel, the…

Belize

30 May 2012 – Left the day before Cayo Norte, We go to an average of 7 knots despite a contrary current of 1,2 knots... Our average speed on the water is therefore 8 Nodes. As night falls, lightning illuminates the sky from all sides.,  The show is magnificent and yet this…