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Cartagena….Welcome to South America!

May 25, 2018 to June 1, 2018

Upon arriving in Cartagena, we needed pesos, as always, and then looked for a place we could stay for a few days until we could get our truck back. It was super hot we were carrying our travel bags and we had our dog in tow. Fortunately, we found our land legs, a bank machine and some free wifi pretty quickly. Derek waited outside with the dog while I went into the air-conditioned shopping mall and selected a convenient hotel.

The container was supposed to arrive on Friday the 25th, the same day that we arrived, but when we were finally able to get some shipping information, we found out that the shipment had been delayed…at first we were told that the truck would arrive on Wednesday the 30th, then we were told it would arrive on Monday the 28th. Eventually, it actually arrived on the 29th.

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Rio Dulce

Many travellers have heard of Lago Atitlan in Guatemala, but the largest lake in Guatemala is the less visited Lago de Isabel, at the outlet of which lies the small harbour town of Rio Dulce.  The Rio Dulce river then flows about 40 kilometres out to the town of Livingston and the Caribbean Sea.

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