A boat was necessary to get to the 'Jungle Lodge' in which we were staying in Rio Dulce. It actually did not rain on this boat trip. The lodge Hacienda Tijax is in fact only a couple of minutes from town by water taxi. The accommodation here was fairly basic - no walls in our cabin but acceptable. The restaurant on site is a little expensive (especially when the bill comes at the end of the stay) but the food was good and they sell plenty of beer.

Another day, another boat trip. This time down the Rio Dulce (the sweet river) to Livingston. This started off well enough heading upstream into Lago de Izabel to see Castillo de San Felipe, a Spanish fort that the dastardly British pirates raided a few times

and we were taken into some of the waterways at the side of the river

but by the time we reached the Rio Dulce gorge it had started to rain.

Now I'm told Livingston is a good place for night life but it didn't have much going for it on a dreary lunchtime. Had something to eat, wandered around randomly and then it was time to get the boat back - in the rain of course. There was a brief stop on the way back for our boatman to buy fish

Back at the Hacienda, the rain had stopped so some us decided to go for a walk into town, 40 minutes or so. Nothing special to report from the town of Rio Dulce or (or is it called Fronteras) but it did start to rain there again so we got a boat back to save the walk. Meanwhile at the Hacienda the power had gone out. The back-up generator only provides power for the main building so anyone who didn't bring a torch was out of luck in finding the way back from the cabins. I, of course, being organized bought not one but two lights, and was kind enough to lend one to someone else - what a nice guy I am.

Ate and drunk and the then went to bed. At some point in the middle of the night the power came back on and our 'room' was suddenly brightly illuminated by the single light bulb.