Thursday, March 25, 2010

Rio Dulce and Livingston

RIO DULCE & LIVINGSTON
Now this was one of those places where you hope you got it right by going there and we did. Stayed in a room built over the river and met an Aussie who owned a similar place on the other side of the river so ended up having a night over there as well. His girlfriend owned the restaurant we were in and it served good Mexican food so it was time for many beers and food beside the river. Next day it was over to the other hotel which was set in the ‘everglades’ with another Aussie having his yacht tied up there and waited to be picked up by the river cruise boat to Livingston on the Caribbean coast. Nice way to see how a lot of people live on the river as we went into areas where the locals had small settlements and some expats had nice homes. Also stopped at a hot springs where I went for a paddle and then the river narrowed and we saw the thick jungle stretching to the sky up steep cliffs. The birdlife was amazing with lots of brown pelicans feeding  and plenty of herons around. Livingston was a bit dirty and only had about half a km of main street so had some lunch and then back to the boat, for the trip with no frills back to the Hotel Kangaroo.