I don’t really want to ruin these images with words, but I will simply say that this was a bizarre effect I witnessed while riding a boat back to my hotel in Rio Dulce a few days ago. It was simply beautiful, like so many things I witness here. Half the sky was pink and [...]
Posts Tagged as ‘Lago Izabal’
October 23, 2009
Pirate’s Cove
Arrrr!!! Shiver me timbers!!!! They’ve got cannons this time, all hands on deck you swashbuckling fools! As I peered out from behind the cannons at the Castillo de San Felipe, overlooking the vast Lago Izabal and the mouth of Rio Dulce, I could picture the pirates shaking in their boots. The castle, built in the [...]
October 21, 2009
Lago Izabal
The largest lake in Guatemala, Lago Izabal is a magnificent expanse of water, surrounded by lush jungle and high mountains. It is beautiful, and the center of one of the most important watersheds in Central America. Yet it is being polluted at an increasingly alarming rate, and I wonder who will protect this natural beauty [...]
