Livingston has only 6000 inhabitants, which mainly are of the Garífuna race (descendants from black African slaves) and speak some weird accent, which makes you understand just as much of their traditional Garífuna language as their Spanish or English (that means pretty much only the sign language). Furthermore Livingston enjoys severely contaminated waters, unsafe swimming and the town recently needed to beef up its police force due to many robberies and assaults. There is a clear Belize-warning about this place and I wonder why so many tourists come here.
Friday 5 September 2008
Rio Dulce
One of the most sought-after journeys in Guatemala is a river cruise through the jungle along the river Rio Dulce to the quiet little Caribbean town of Livingston, which is reachable only by boat.
Livingston has only 6000 inhabitants, which mainly are of the Garífuna race (descendants from black African slaves) and speak some weird accent, which makes you understand just as much of their traditional Garífuna language as their Spanish or English (that means pretty much only the sign language). Furthermore Livingston enjoys severely contaminated waters, unsafe swimming and the town recently needed to beef up its police force due to many robberies and assaults. There is a clear Belize-warning about this place and I wonder why so many tourists come here.
Livingston has only 6000 inhabitants, which mainly are of the Garífuna race (descendants from black African slaves) and speak some weird accent, which makes you understand just as much of their traditional Garífuna language as their Spanish or English (that means pretty much only the sign language). Furthermore Livingston enjoys severely contaminated waters, unsafe swimming and the town recently needed to beef up its police force due to many robberies and assaults. There is a clear Belize-warning about this place and I wonder why so many tourists come here.
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