Update at a glance from . . .

December 22, 2007 from the Rio Dulce, Guatemala:  We spent August and September traveling by bus through Central America - El Salvador, Nicaragua and Costa Rica - and have now completed our Trip Recommendations.  Our recommendations include transportation, lodging, activities and trip tips.  Pictures/Journals have been completed for  El Salvador and Nicaragua, and Costa Rica will be forthcoming.

In the meantime, we made a quick trip to Monterrico on Guatemala's Pacific coast to release baby leatherback turtles into the ocean.  Recently, Deborah's Dad came to visit for 2 weeks so we did the "circuit" - Antigua, Lake Atitlán and Tikal.  To see a slide show of his trip, click Dad's Trip to Guatemala.  Web page updates on both of these trips are forthcoming.  We are now preparing ourselves and ARGO to cross the bar at high tide in mid-January and head to Belize and Honduras, before turning the corner and heading south to Panama in April/May.      

November 4, 2007 from the Rio Dulce, Guatemala:  We spent August and September traveling by bus through Central America - El Salvador, Nicaragua and Costa Rica.  The updates for El Salvador and now Nicaragua have been completed, along with Trip Recommendations for those interested in more details about our travels, including transportation, lodging, activities and trip tips.  We're working on Costa Rica so keep checking back for new stuff.      

October 26, 2007 from the Rio Dulce, Guatemala:  We spent August and September traveling by bus through Central America - El Salvador, Nicaragua and Costa Rica.  The updates for El Salvador have been completed, along with Trip Recommendations for those interested in more details about our travels, including transportation, lodging, activities and trip tips.  We're working on Nicaragua and Costa Rica - updates to be published in installments - so keep checking back for new stuff. 

October 1, 2007 from the Rio Dulce, Guatemala:  We have just returned to ARGO (in the Rio Dulce, Guatemala) after traveling by bus for almost 2 months through El Salvador, Nicaragua and Costa Rica.  We had a great trip and look forward to sharing our adventures and pictures with you, as well as our trip recommendations for those wishing to do the same.   As there is lots of material to sort through, trip updates will be published in installments, so keep checking back.  

July 30, 2007 from Rio Dulce, Guatemala: After leaving Roatan, Honduras, we checked out several other anchorages (islands and mainland) - click for recent Honduras update.  After a successful "bar exam", we returned to Monkey Bay Marina in the Rio Dulce River in mid-June where we spent a couple of weeks getting ARGO cleaned up and marina happy.  We then rendezvoused with Steve's brother Ray, his wife Chris and their 10-year old daughter Jackie in Tikal.  Fifteen days later we had shown them Tikal, Rio Dulce, Antigua, Lake Atitlan and Guatemala City at a fairly relaxed pace - click for our family visit trip highlights.    

We are taking off the beginning of August to travel by bus through Central America - El Salvador, Nicaragua, Costa Rica and maybe Panama for a few months.  So far, we have done very little advanced planning and intend just to flow with it - seems that our experience as a cruiser is carrying over to our land-cruising!  (During this time, website updates will not be possible, nor will we be able to file weekly Position Reports.)

June 3, 2007 from Roatan, Honduras: After leaving Belize's Caye Caulker, we spent a relaxing 3 weeks at Lighthouse Reef, a very remote atoll offshore Belize (click here for that update).  Since then, we have been in Roatan, Honduras.  We now will start making our way back to the Rio Dulce, Guatemala, checking out several new anchorages in Honduras in route.  Click here for updates on Honduras.  We will take our "bar exam" across the shallows at the mouth of the river mid June, and return ARGO to Monkey Bay Marina for the duration of hurricane season. 

March 16, 2007 from Caye Caulker, Belize:  After leaving the Rio Dulce river, Guatemala in January, we have been in Belize, with guests visiting us here.  Click here for newest update.  Soon we will be heading to Belize's offshore atolls, then probably to the Bay Islands of Honduras (Roatan) before we head back to the Rio Dulce for hurricane season.  Once there, we plan to travel Central America by bus for a few months.  For recent updates at a glance, scroll down   .   .   .   

January 31, 2007 from Placencia, Belize:  After bouncing across the Rio Dulce bar at high-high tide in a 2-3 ft. chop at dusk, we are now in Placencia, Belize weathering the occasional northern that rolls through.  Yes, they do get this far south giving us pleasant temperatures, and higher winds.  We will be in Belize a month or two, then probably heading to the Bay Islands of Honduras.  

December 9, 2006 from the Rio Dulce, Guatemala:  We spent a week traveling inland with stateside friends to the beautiful volcano-studded Lake Atitlán area, Chichicastenango and Antigua, including the November 1st Day of the Dead Gigantic Kite Festival in Santiago Sacatepéquez - Pictures/Journal - page 21, which includes 3 slide shows.  Also, Pictures/Journal - page 22, Guatemalan Miscellany, includes an educational slide show on the construction of our new thatched roof kitchen palapa here at Monkey Bay - the Guatemalan way.

A recent update included our trip to the renowned Mayan ruins of Tikal in northern Guatemala.

Hey, Rio Dulce cruiser, if you're planning a trip inland, you may want to check out our Tikal Trip Recommendations,   Lake Atitlán Trip Recommendations,  Guat City and Antigua Lodging and Medical Recommendations  and the joint effort  Guatemala City Recommendations from the Cruisers at Monkey Bay.

Missing Updates at a Glance in between here.

July 14, 2006 from the Rio Dulce, Guatemala:  As promised, here is another installment, Pictures/Journal - page 18, focusing on the Rio Dulce and our new home at Monkey Bay.  After Deborah comes back from her girls' week-and-a-half out, the next installment -- pertaining to our great 3-week trip to awesome Antigua -- will be done.  So you ask where is Deborah going with the girls?  It's a bon voyage trip of sorts starting with a trip to Honduras to visit the Copan ruins and then on to Guatemala City for routine medical stuff, shopping, food and fun.  Stay tuned!

Be sure to look at the various Position Reports, as there are some amazing satellite views of the Rio Dulce, for example, try this Satellite view.  Be sure to zoom in and out.  Blue marker is where we are now; green markers show previous positions.

Missing Updates at a Glance prior to July 2006.

December 2004 from Trinidad:  We have been in Trinidad for almost 3 months now, doing boat repairs, maintenance and other projects.  We have, however, been able to get out and see the sights of Trinidad, mingle with the very friendly Trinidadian people, experience many cultural events, and enjoy the comradeship of the large cruiser community here. 

We are heading next west to Venezuela - Isla de Margarita and Puerto La Cruz.

This recent website update (page 11) includes our travels to Tobago and Trinidad, and Ivan the terrible hurricane that hit Grenada and affected many of our cruising friends.  We have included their chilling accounts of Ivan, definitely worth your time to read.