Heavy rain during the night last night, it was fairly clear this morning so we went out driving around. We went to a fort up the lake in a narrow section. It was built by the spanish along with a chain they laid across the water from one side to the other to stop english pirates. The galleons were loaded up in this lake before heading for spain and those english guys were always trying to take them. The fort is cool, many small inside patios, big fireplaces and stone walls in the living areas and lots of towers and cannons.

From there, we went looking for a hot springs that comes over a waterfall into a cold creek. It is a long ways up a very bad road and it took us hours to drive there. Usually people go by boat and then walk about a mile to the hot waterfall, we arrived a half hour before they were closing and decided to skip going in. Interesting ride though and we even made it back to town and a gas station on reserve, it was a little nerveracking when the reserve light came on in the jeep.

Everything is pretty expensive in this area, it is a big resort for the very rich from Guatemala City and there are a lot of ex-pats on big expensive yachts around as well. We walked through some of the shops and were kind of appalled at the prices as well as the fact that many things were quoted in US dollars not Guatemalan Quetzales. Along with the rich, there are a lot of international backpackers around too, it's an interesting mix.

On our way to the fort we had stopped at the restaurant next door where there were several launches tied up and asked about a boat to go to Livingston. A guy came over and agreed to take us the next day at 9am, we were hoping for better weather.

We all took endless hot showers and spent several hours playing dominoes. Our never ending game is a lot of fun, we have kept score since New Years and the lead keeps moving around although Patti and I are still ahead.