Rio Dulce or where I broke my camera (with Lee's help!):
From El Remate, we had two options: heading directly to Belize via Melchor de Mencas or heading east and crossing the frontier via Livingston. Even if the second option was more expensive, we choose to go to Rio Dulce then Livingston as that would be our last opportunity to take the boat.
From Santa Elena, we took a direct bus to Rio Dulce and found a nice hostel on the bank of the Izabal Lake.
Lee was happy as he caught lots of fishes just on bread. As we did not have access to the kitchen, we asked the chef if she could bake some fishes for us. She joined us on the wood pier and was amazed to see all these fishes. She said that was exceptional because normally locals catch few and small fishes. At the end of the afternoon, we had a big bag full of different fishes and in particular the locals' favorite, the "mojarra". The chef gave some to a neighbour family and kept the rest for the lunch next day. The next day, when with the owner of the hostel we came back from town for lunch, the fishes have gone!!! The cooker shared them between the gardeners, the cleaners and other people!!! Lee saved in-extremis a piece for me but the owner and himself did not get any!!! We were not happy at all because even if there were lot of fishes and enough for everybody, the courtesy was to first give some to the fisherman then to dispatch to the rest of people. Later, the owner recognised that has been very impolite from the chef as he wanted to taste some fish too. Lee tried to catch more fish this evening but the good fortune has gone and only 5 fishes were in the basket! Personally, without putting in doubt Lee's talent for fishing, I think that was exceptional to have all these fishes on the same place! Lee says it was his genius.....
The same day, I broke my camera. Well my camera was on the edge of my chair and when Lee tried to get through the way, he kicked the camera with his elbow. The camera fell on the floor and the lens did not work anymore. I had this camera for 2 years and all along our trip. Well I will have to find a new one!
From Rio Dulce, we took the boat to reach Livingston. The trip was supposed to last 2hrs but we reached Livingston in 1hr, stopping very quickly in some sites where we were supposed to stay longer...but the scenery was superb!
- The bank of the Izabal Lake close to our hostel. Lee was fishing from a similar wood pier...
-...and lucky, he caught lot of fishes like this long silver one (whose name I have forgotten!)...
- or like this "mojarra", a bony and spiky fish but with a very tasty meat. At the end of the afternoon, there were at least 20 fishes in the bag!
- How cute is she!! This female dog stayed with us during the fishing having one's eye on the pieces of bread that Lee was using for fishing. She was very affectionate,
- From here, my camera broken, I asked Lee to take some pictures for me. This photo was taken during the cruise to join Livingston. As I said previously, superb scenery, everything was green, from the water to the trees!,
- View of "el Castillo de San Felipe" or the "castle of San Felipe". This fortress was built in 1652 to keep pirates away from the villages. After being burned by some pirates and left in ruins, the castle was reconstructed in 1956,
- One of the point of interest during our cruise was the lily pad carpet but as this time of the year, there was not many!!!
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