RIO DULCE

Rio Dulce is a river in Guatemala and has become a popular cruising sailboat destination. It starts where is flows out of the lake Izabal. The river is spanned by one of the biggest bridges in Central America. There is a little village right next to the bridge with local vegetable markets on both sides of the street. Huge trucks, buses, tuctucs and motor bikes cause a big traffic jam every time because the street is so small. By the time the trucks go down the bridge towards the village the use the engine brake and that is a horrible noise, it sound like a plane crash! (unfortunately the hostel is next to the bridge but it is funny) The traffic rules are simple here: Toot and go! ;-) Everyone is running around no one cares about anything and you need to be careful not to get run over by a truck or a tuctuc. Tuctucs, the littel taxis are very common here:-) look at these pictures... awesome, isn't it?

INTRODUCTION

Hey, here we go! J This is going to be my official travel blog about a lot of experiences and impressions I will get on my trip across Central America. I try to give you an idea of travelling around, meet local people, work and live together with them to learn about different cultures. I would like to invite you to follow me and share great impressions and I am happy about questions, answers or comments. 

I started last Sunday and I already feel like I am here for ages because I have already seen a lot of places. I needed a couple of days to get used to the heat and I was really confused to begin with: I crossed three countries, Mexico, Belize and Guatemala and I had to handle five different currencies, Euros, US Dollars, Pesos, Belize Dollars and Quetzales in two days. Now I am in Guatemala and I also need to improve Spanish, because no one here speaks English! But I am getting there soonJ The most exciting thing: I am really tall here!!! (1,63m) Haha, people here are so tiny! J