Livingston, a Caribbean-like island close to the Belize and Honduras borders, has a unique combination of African people (once brought in as slaves) Ladinos and Indians. The majority are black, called Garifunas.
Music is heard on the streets - the local Guatemala Marimba, Caribbean Reggae and black music. People seem to be always out, sometimes dancing to the rhythm, families are opening their kitchen to sell typical food - so kind that you immediately feel at home.
The village is small enough, so after few days you pretty much know it all, and get to meet the people, like Señor Oscar, who had a restaurant chain back in a city called Coban, and decided to relax (high blood pressure…) with the village tranquility, so now owns a tasty Churasceria (aka ‘mangal’ J); or Ada , a school maestro (teacher manager) who invited me to talk with the school children about the Tierra Santa, Israel. I gladly accepted the offer and found myself in front of an entire class... the kids were fascinated (maybe due to being a tall bald white man with funny Spanish accent… :-)) and showed me their school – they have very few old computers that are out of order, and no computers at home. In stead they use old typewriter machines. Shame!
The next day went trekking on a nice trail along Caribbean beaches with picturious coco trees and Garifunas villages with private beach houses. The path arrives to Siete Altares - 7 waterfalls with pools surrounded with rain forest, where the first Tarazan movie was filmed.
Music is heard on the streets - the local Guatemala Marimba, Caribbean Reggae and black music. People seem to be always out, sometimes dancing to the rhythm, families are opening their kitchen to sell typical food - so kind that you immediately feel at home.
The village is small enough, so after few days you pretty much know it all, and get to meet the people, like Señor Oscar, who had a restaurant chain back in a city called Coban, and decided to relax (high blood pressure…) with the village tranquility, so now owns a tasty Churasceria (aka ‘mangal’ J); or Ada , a school maestro (teacher manager) who invited me to talk with the school children about the Tierra Santa, Israel. I gladly accepted the offer and found myself in front of an entire class... the kids were fascinated (maybe due to being a tall bald white man with funny Spanish accent… :-)) and showed me their school – they have very few old computers that are out of order, and no computers at home. In stead they use old typewriter machines. Shame!
The next day went trekking on a nice trail along Caribbean beaches with picturious coco trees and Garifunas villages with private beach houses. The path arrives to Siete Altares - 7 waterfalls with pools surrounded with rain forest, where the first Tarazan movie was filmed.
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