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World Traveller: 7 Continents, 90 Countries, 871 Days Overseas

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  • World Trip 2012-13: Day 103 – Río Dulce, Guatemala

    Monday 7 January 2013
    Highlights: Kayaking, Howler Monkeys, Boat Cruise, Hot Springs, Volunteer School.

    For most of the night it rained with the occasional thunder and lighting which wasn’t a good omen for today’s events but for the most part didn’t have to great an impact.

    I got up very early for kayaking with several members of our group and we set out at 5.40 am in light rain. James and Robin took one kayak, Rita and Andrew another one which meant I was by myself with our kayak guide also by himself.

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  • World Trip 2012-13: Day 102 – Flores to Río Dulce, Guatemala

    Sunday 6 January 2013
    Highlights: Boat ride around Flores

    During the night I woke many times to some very noisy late night / early morning fireworks. I later found out this was the last day of Christmas celebrations. The weather wasn’t ideal either today with it raining on an off during the day.

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  • World Trip 2012-13: Day 101 – San Ignacio to Flores, Guatemala

    Saturday 5 January 2013
    Highlights: Tikal Ruins

    Today we left Belize behind getting up around 6 am in order to have breakfast and be on the road by 6.40 am. Border control was interesting, we paid $18.75 USD To exit Belize and about $1.25 USD to enter Guatemala. The interesting aspect is we walked past border control and Andrea then went back with our passports to pay the entry costs and get our passports stamped. We easily could have entered the country without getting checked. I’m guessing they aren’t really worried about terrorists or illegal immigration!

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  • World Trip 2012-13: Day 100 – San Ignacio, Belize

    Friday 4 January 2013
    Highlights: Actun Tunichil Muknal (ATM) Caves.

    During the night it rained very hard and as a result all our booked activities today underwent major changes. For me the Actun Tunichil Muknal Caves or the Cave of the Crystal Sepulchre was changed from a 11.30 am departure to 8.15 am. This news was delivered by Andrea shouting “Nathan are you awake?”. Actually this turned out to be a good thing as otherwise we would have been hiking back in the dark across rivers which I don’t think would have been very safe.

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  • World Trip 2012-13: Day 99 – Caye Caulker to San Ignacio, Belize

    Thursday 3 January 2013
    Highlights: Travel day by boat and public yellow school bus

    Travel day from Caye Caulker to San Ignacio which meant a 45 minute water boat ride back to the mainland and away from paradise, literary since that was the name of our hotel!

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