Rio Dulce, Casa Gysa, and Guatemala City August 2016

The first couple of days we stayed at anchored in front of Mar Marine, checking out a few more possibilities for keeping our boat and the dogs.

The Castillo de San Felipe, a Spanish colonial fort at the entrance to Lake Izabal, made for a lovely setting for Jaco's birthday. His breakfast included a Chilean sparkling wine, scones and exotic tropical fruits, then followed with a "tappa" BBQ which included extremely tough Guatemalan beef!
Christelle baked again one of her famous "flops"... a cake that taste much better than it looks!

We chosed Casa Gysa, a small French marina inside a hidden lagoon, for leaving Coco, Canela and Songerie for 2 months.
There is not a big space for Canela to run at full speed, but Gilbert, Yeye and their daughter are very friendly and a hospitable family, always trying to please the cruisers (and their pets). Gilbert provides a large working area which we occupied  soon after docking Songerie, building a bigger, waterproof bemini/roof with water catching fittings to replace the old sambrela bemini.

Odd looking lizard in the "forest" surrounding the marina.

Jaco re-enforced  and adapted the old stainless steel frame to fit the new bigger roof.

Casa Gysa walkways.

Casa Gysa marina

Rio Dulce, Fronteras. The shopping street and anchorage in front of Bruno's.

Catedral Metropoitana in Guatemala City.

Selection of Tortillas!

Time has come to fly back home for a couple of months. We spend a weekend in Guatemala City before the flight, buying summer clothes and some gifts (coffee). (We needed something else than wet-suits or swimming-costumes to wear and spend hours in the 2nd-hand clothes shops.)
It is very difficult to resist all the beautiful, bright colourful craft an delicious food at the Mercado Central.

A tradition breakfast including fried Plantain, Chile rolenos, sour cream and tortillas.

Enjoying the courtyard at Hotel Spring.