{"id":11832,"date":"2005-02-24T14:38:00","date_gmt":"2005-02-24T19:38:00","guid":{"rendered":"http:\/\/theandiamo.com\/logwp\/?p=11832"},"modified":"2023-03-24T14:38:48","modified_gmt":"2023-03-24T19:38:48","slug":"sailing-in-lago-izabal-hot-waterfalls-and-castillo-san-felipe","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/theandiamo.com\/logwp\/blog\/2005\/02\/24\/sailing-in-lago-izabal-hot-waterfalls-and-castillo-san-felipe\/","title":{"rendered":"Sailing in Lago Izabal, Hot Waterfalls, and Castillo San Felipe"},"content":{"rendered":"\n<p>A couple of days after we got back from Antigua and Panajachel, we took Andiamo into Lago Izabal, just up the river from where we were docked for a couple of days. There was some great freshwater sailing, sightseeing, and some unbelievably tranquil and stunning scenery all around. WARNING: This one has LOTS of photos, and whatever you do, do not miss the very last shot!<a><\/a><\/p>\n\n\n\n<p>Sailing up the river into Lago Izabal:<\/p>\n\n\n\n<figure class=\"wp-block-image\"><img decoding=\"async\" src=\"http:\/\/www.theandiamo.com\/images\/guatemala3\/GuatemalaLagoIzabalshovingoff.jpg\" alt=\"Andiamo shoving off.\" title=\"Andiamo shoving off from the dock. We were tied up between two other boats in close quarters, so we had to sorta finagle our way off the dock. \"\/><\/figure>\n\n\n\n<figure class=\"wp-block-image\"><img decoding=\"async\" src=\"http:\/\/www.theandiamo.com\/images\/guatemala3\/GuatemalaLagoIzabalBridge.jpg\" alt=\"Rio Dulce Bridge\" title=\"Andiamo approaching the Frontreras-Rio Dulce Bridge, the longest bridge in Central America...\"\/><\/figure>\n\n\n\n<figure class=\"wp-block-image\"><img decoding=\"async\" src=\"http:\/\/www.theandiamo.com\/images\/guatemala3\/GuatemalaCastilloSanFelipePassingby.JPG\" alt=\"Castillo San Felipe\" title=\"Here we are passing by Castillo San Felipe, which is right at the entrance of Lago Izabal. We'll be visiting it when we come back from inside the lake. \"\/><\/figure>\n\n\n\n<figure class=\"wp-block-image\"><img decoding=\"async\" src=\"http:\/\/www.theandiamo.com\/images\/guatemala3\/GuatemalaLagoIzabalRaf.jpg\" alt=\"Raf \" title=\"Raf handling lines after we've left the dock\"\/><\/figure>\n\n\n\n<figure class=\"wp-block-image\"><img decoding=\"async\" src=\"http:\/\/www.theandiamo.com\/images\/guatemala3\/GuatemalaLagoIzabaltonyodeck.jpg\" alt=\"Tony on deck\" title=\"Me on deck as we were motoring out into the lake. Hey, I take a break wherever and whenever I can catch one!\"\/><\/figure>\n\n\n\n<figure class=\"wp-block-image\"><img decoding=\"async\" src=\"http:\/\/www.theandiamo.com\/images\/guatemala3\/GuatemalaLagoIzabaltonyandLisa.jpg\" alt=\"Lisa steering\" title=\"Here's me with Lisa trying her hand at steering, she seems to have it all under control, especially the way she's holding that cerveza, she's a natural!\"\/><\/figure>\n\n\n\n<figure class=\"wp-block-image\"><img decoding=\"async\" src=\"http:\/\/www.theandiamo.com\/images\/guatemala3\/GuatemalaLagoIzabalteresasteering.jpg\" alt=\"Raf teaching Teresa how to steer\" title=\"Here's Raf teaching Teresa the finer points of steering the boat. Once she figured out it wasn't like steering her Fiat back home, she basically got it. \"\/><\/figure>\n\n\n\n<figure class=\"wp-block-image\"><img decoding=\"async\" src=\"http:\/\/www.theandiamo.com\/images\/guatemala3\/GuatemalaFincaParaisoLisa&amp;Teresa.JPG\" alt=\"Lisa and Teresa\" title=\"Lisa and Teresa on deck, on one of the moments that they pretended to get along. =)\"\/><\/figure>\n\n\n\n<figure class=\"wp-block-image\"><img decoding=\"async\" src=\"http:\/\/www.theandiamo.com\/images\/guatemala3\/GuatemalaRioDulceCastle.JPG\" alt=\"Raf and Teresa\" title=\"Raf and Teresa on deck as we're entering Lago Izabal, that's Castillo San Felipe behind them.\"\/><\/figure>\n\n\n\n<figure class=\"wp-block-image\"><img decoding=\"async\" src=\"http:\/\/www.theandiamo.com\/images\/guatemala3\/GuatemalaFincaParaisoBeer.JPG\" alt=\"Teresa and Beer\" title=\"Teresa posing with TWO beers, neither of which she drank for that matter. \"\/><\/figure>\n\n\n\n<figure class=\"wp-block-image\"><img decoding=\"async\" src=\"http:\/\/www.theandiamo.com\/images\/guatemala3\/GuatemalaFincaParaisoMarioJulio2.jpg\" alt=\"Mario taking our anchor line\" title=\"This is Mario one of the guys who came out to help us when we ran aground, taking our anchor and line out to the deep water so we can winch ourselves off. \"\/><\/figure>\n\n\n\n<figure class=\"wp-block-image\"><img decoding=\"async\" src=\"http:\/\/www.theandiamo.com\/images\/guatemala3\/GuatemalaFincaParaisoSunset2.JPG\" alt=\"Sunset\" title=\"So as we pulled ourselves off the rocks, Lisa helped out by getting a couple shots of the sunset. =)\"\/><\/figure>\n\n\n\n<figure class=\"wp-block-image\"><img decoding=\"async\" src=\"http:\/\/www.theandiamo.com\/images\/guatemala3\/GuatemalaFicoParaisoSunset.JPG\" alt=\"another sunset shot\" title=\"Here's another one...\"\/><\/figure>\n\n\n\n<p>Finca Paraiso and Agua Caliente (Hot Waterfalls):<\/p>\n\n\n\n<figure class=\"wp-block-image\"><img decoding=\"async\" src=\"http:\/\/www.theandiamo.com\/images\/guatemala3\/GuatemalaFincaParaisoAndiamo.JPG\" alt=\"Andiamo anchored\" title=\"Andiamo anchored off Finca Paraiso.\"\/><\/figure>\n\n\n\n<figure class=\"wp-block-image\"><img decoding=\"async\" src=\"http:\/\/www.theandiamo.com\/images\/guatemala3\/GuatemalaFincaParaisoHaircut.JPG\" alt=\"Raf and Teresa\" title=\"Raf decides for some strange reason that now's a good time to get a haircut from Teresa. \"\/><\/figure>\n\n\n\n<figure class=\"wp-block-image\"><img decoding=\"async\" src=\"http:\/\/www.theandiamo.com\/images\/guatemala3\/GuatemalaFicoParaisoSqueezing.JPG\" alt=\"Raf, Teresa and Tony\" title=\"Teresa was complaining about having some itchy insect bites on her butt, so Raf and I readily offer to scratch of course! Hey, we're gentlemen that way... =)\"\/><\/figure>\n\n\n\n<figure class=\"wp-block-image\"><img decoding=\"async\" src=\"http:\/\/www.theandiamo.com\/images\/guatemala3\/GuatemalaFincaParaisoBungalows.JPG\" alt=\"Bungalows\" title=\"Here's us walking up some very nice beach bungalows in Finca Paraiso, but what the hell is Teresa up to?\"\/><\/figure>\n\n\n\n<figure class=\"wp-block-image\"><img decoding=\"async\" src=\"http:\/\/www.theandiamo.com\/images\/guatemala3\/GuatemalaFincaParaisoRiver.JPG\" alt=\"Teresa and Lisa\" title=\"Teresa and Lisa by the river that leads up to the Hot Waterfalls.\"\/><\/figure>\n\n\n\n<figure class=\"wp-block-image\"><img decoding=\"async\" src=\"http:\/\/www.theandiamo.com\/images\/guatemala3\/GuatemalaFincaParaisoWaiting.JPG\" alt=\"Waiting for the Bus\" title=\"Me on the road that we had to walk up to get to the waterfalls. Someone told me that a bus goes by every 15 minutes... well ok, nobody told me that, but I thought I'd wait anyway... \"\/><\/figure>\n\n\n\n<figure class=\"wp-block-image\"><img decoding=\"async\" src=\"http:\/\/www.theandiamo.com\/images\/guatemala3\/GuatemalaFincaParaisoChildren1.JPG\" alt=\"Children\" title=\"Here are a few shots of some of the adorable Guatemalan kids we met along the road to the falls.  The poverty in this area was obvious, but yet these kids were all quite friendly and curious. It was nice getting to meet them.\"\/><\/figure>\n\n\n\n<figure class=\"wp-block-image\"><img decoding=\"async\" src=\"http:\/\/www.theandiamo.com\/images\/guatemala3\/GuatemalaFincaParaisoChildren2.JPG\" alt=\"Boy\" title=\"Another local boy... \"\/><\/figure>\n\n\n\n<figure class=\"wp-block-image\"><img decoding=\"async\" src=\"http:\/\/www.theandiamo.com\/images\/guatemala3\/GuatemalaFincaParaisoChildren3.JPG\" alt=\"Two boys\" title=\"Two boys, one of them carrying a machete...\"\/><\/figure>\n\n\n\n<figure class=\"wp-block-image\"><img decoding=\"async\" src=\"http:\/\/www.theandiamo.com\/images\/guatemala3\/GuatemalaFincaParaisoGirls.jpg\" alt=\"2 girls\" title=\"Two of the many Maya girls who were selling these little banana pancake things along the road. \"\/><\/figure>\n\n\n\n<figure class=\"wp-block-image\"><img decoding=\"async\" src=\"http:\/\/www.theandiamo.com\/images\/guatemala3\/GuatemalaFincaParaisoChildren4.JPG\" alt=\"Lisa showing pictures.\" title=\"Lisa showing 2 girls the picture she just took of them. The kids loved seeing the pictures of themselves, considering that most of them don't even have a mirror in their homes.\"\/><\/figure>\n\n\n\n<figure class=\"wp-block-image\"><img decoding=\"async\" src=\"http:\/\/www.theandiamo.com\/images\/guatemala3\/GuatemalaFincaParaisoCascade.JPG\" alt=\"Hot waterfalls\" title=\"Alas, the hot waterfalls! What we've been walking so long for! The next couple of shots show more of it. \"\/><\/figure>\n\n\n\n<figure class=\"wp-block-image\"><img decoding=\"async\" src=\"http:\/\/www.theandiamo.com\/images\/guatemala3\/GuatemalaFincaParaisoCascade2.JPG\" alt=\"More of the waterfalls\" title=\"More of the hot waterfalls\"\/><\/figure>\n\n\n\n<figure class=\"wp-block-image\"><img decoding=\"async\" src=\"http:\/\/www.theandiamo.com\/images\/guatemala3\/GuatemalaFincaParaisoCascadeTattoo.JPG\" alt=\"Tattoo shot\" title=\"Neat shot of some guy's tattoo as he hung out inside the falls...\"\/><\/figure>\n\n\n\n<figure class=\"wp-block-image\"><img decoding=\"async\" src=\"http:\/\/www.theandiamo.com\/images\/guatemala3\/GuatemalaFincaParaisoCascadeView.JPG\" alt=\"Another waterfall shot\" title=\"Another waterfall shot\"\/><\/figure>\n\n\n\n<figure class=\"wp-block-image\"><img decoding=\"async\" src=\"http:\/\/www.theandiamo.com\/images\/guatemala3\/GuatemalaFincaParaisoHammockView2.JPG\" alt=\"Hammock view shots\" title=\"Here's a couple of shots Lisa took while lying in the hammock while we were at a bungalow waiting on lunch... \"\/><\/figure>\n\n\n\n<figure class=\"wp-block-image\"><img decoding=\"async\" src=\"http:\/\/www.theandiamo.com\/images\/guatemala3\/GuatemalaFincaParaisoHammockView.JPG\" alt=\"another hammock shot...\" title=\"Another hammock shot...\"\/><\/figure>\n\n\n\n<figure class=\"wp-block-image\"><img decoding=\"async\" src=\"http:\/\/www.theandiamo.com\/images\/guatemala3\/GuatemalaFincaParaisoLunch.JPG\" alt=\"Lunch\" title=\"A shot of us having lunch on a bungalow porch... \"\/><\/figure>\n\n\n\n<figure class=\"wp-block-image\"><img decoding=\"async\" src=\"http:\/\/www.theandiamo.com\/images\/guatemala3\/GuatemalaFincaParaisoTree.JPG\" alt=\"Hangin' by the tree... \" title=\"Us by a tree, doing my best howler monkey imitation... \"\/><\/figure>\n\n\n\n<p>Castillo San Felipe:<\/p>\n\n\n\n<figure class=\"wp-block-image\"><img decoding=\"async\" src=\"http:\/\/www.theandiamo.com\/images\/guatemala3\/GuatemalaRioDulceTonyRafRowing.JPG\" alt=\"Tony and Raf rowing\" title=\"Raf and me rowing the dink into the Castillo's park... \"\/><\/figure>\n\n\n\n<figure class=\"wp-block-image\"><img decoding=\"async\" src=\"http:\/\/www.theandiamo.com\/images\/guatemala3\/GuatemalaCastilloSanFelipeCanon.JPG\" alt=\"Andiamo outside of Castillo San Felipe\" title=\"A shot from one of the towers, with Andiamo in the background...\"\/><\/figure>\n\n\n\n<figure class=\"wp-block-image\"><img decoding=\"async\" src=\"http:\/\/www.theandiamo.com\/images\/guatemala3\/GuatemalaCastilloSanFelipeLisa.JPG\" alt=\"Lisa \" title=\"Lisa at one of the cannons\"\/><\/figure>\n\n\n\n<figure class=\"wp-block-image\"><img decoding=\"async\" src=\"http:\/\/www.theandiamo.com\/images\/guatemala3\/GuatemalaCastilloSanFelipeWindow.JPG\" alt=\"Teresa at a window\" title=\"Teresa gazing out of one the Castillo's windows...\"\/><\/figure>\n\n\n\n<figure class=\"wp-block-image\"><img decoding=\"async\" src=\"http:\/\/www.theandiamo.com\/images\/guatemala3\/GuatemalaCastilloSanFelipeTower.JPG\" alt=\"Me and Lisa manning one of the watchtowers\" title=\"Lisa and me manning one of the watchtowers, quite diligently I might add... \"\/><\/figure>\n\n\n\n<figure class=\"wp-block-image\"><img decoding=\"async\" src=\"http:\/\/www.theandiamo.com\/images\/guatemala3\/GuatemalaCastilloSanFelipeRooftop.JPG\" alt=\"Andiamo off the rooftop\" title=\"Andiamo shot off one of the rooftops of the Castillo\"\/><\/figure>\n\n\n\n<p>And FINALLY&#8230;.<\/p>\n\n\n\n<p>A totally spontaneous shot done with the self-timer. I like to call it the &#8220;Deadly Viper Assassination Squad&#8221; pose (click on the pic to get a larger pic)&#8230; Enjoy&#8230;<\/p>\n\n\n\n<figure class=\"wp-block-image\"><a href=\"http:\/\/www.theandiamo.com\/images\/guatemala3\/GuatemalaCastilloSanFelipeActionsho-large.JPG\"><img decoding=\"async\" src=\"http:\/\/www.theandiamo.com\/images\/guatemala3\/GuatemalaCastilloSanFelipeActionshot-small.JPG\" alt=\"Deadly Viper Assassination Squad\" title=\"The Deadly Viper Assassination Squad!\"\/><\/a><\/figure>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"<p>A couple of days after we got back from Antigua and Panajachel, we took Andiamo into Lago Izabal, just up the river from where we were docked for a couple of days. There was some great freshwater sailing, sightseeing, and some unbelievably tranquil and stunning scenery all around. WARNING: This one has LOTS of photos, [&hellip;]<\/p>\n","protected":false},"author":1,"featured_media":0,"comment_status":"open","ping_status":"open","sticky":false,"template":"","format":"standard","meta":{"footnotes":""},"categories":[3],"tags":[],"class_list":["post-11832","post","type-post","status-publish","format-standard","hentry","category-news"],"_links":{"self":[{"href":"https:\/\/theandiamo.com\/logwp\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/11832","targetHints":{"allow":["GET"]}}],"collection":[{"href":"https:\/\/theandiamo.com\/logwp\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts"}],"about":[{"href":"https:\/\/theandiamo.com\/logwp\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/types\/post"}],"author":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/theandiamo.com\/logwp\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/users\/1"}],"replies":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/theandiamo.com\/logwp\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/comments?post=11832"}],"version-history":[{"count":1,"href":"https:\/\/theandiamo.com\/logwp\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/11832\/revisions"}],"predecessor-version":[{"id":11833,"href":"https:\/\/theandiamo.com\/logwp\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/11832\/revisions\/11833"}],"wp:attachment":[{"href":"https:\/\/theandiamo.com\/logwp\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media?parent=11832"}],"wp:term":[{"taxonomy":"category","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/theandiamo.com\/logwp\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/categories?post=11832"},{"taxonomy":"post_tag","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/theandiamo.com\/logwp\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/tags?post=11832"}],"curies":[{"name":"wp","href":"https:\/\/api.w.org\/{rel}","templated":true}]}}