Tuesday, January 13, 2009

Central America: Rio Dulce

Rio Dulce is in the middle of the map, a skinny spot between lakes. Town is on one side of the water, our huts are on the other. I took a boat over to the town to use internet.
The hut I am staying in, beds complete with mosquito netting because it is in a swamp. The whole place is connected by a network of elevated walkways, and they are slippery. There are no handrails. Go slow. This is the first spot I have been really glad I did bring bug stuff.


We all went to a nearby hot spring yesterday after arriving in Rio Dulce. Well, I say nearby but it was actually an hour fast boat ride to another spot, then a tractor ride (all of us piled in the back cart like hay bales), then a walk thru the jungle to the hot spring. Great place. Amazingly hot water coming down...those falls are the hot water, then it lands in the pool and mixes. Depending on which pool you are in it is hotter or cooler as it gets further away from the falls. very clean water. The little fish bite you if you stay still for more than a half minute.































A blurry shot, but this boy was our tractor driver.


















1 comment:

Tina Z said...

That looks amazing! Not a huge fan of the open water and fish friends . . .you know. Miss you.