Here's what we did in Santo Tomas, Guatemala. A small group of us got a water taxi right at the dock $25.000 pp and went 1 1/4 hours up the coast to see the Siete Altares water falls ($1.50 to get in) The waterfalls and jungle was nice, very few bugs. We went swimming in the creek and jumped off the rocks. that was fun. We met a couple of police on the way down the trail and were told the goverment was doing this to make the tourist feel safer. We stopped at a restaurant the guide knew on the way back. I didn't care for that. If we had stopped in Livingston on the way back that would have been better. It was a good day overall as we got to see and do something different. I did talk to some who went to Amatique Bay and did not enjoy it but I will let them tell you about that. The Guatemalan people are very nice and you should try to do something away from the port as it is more of an industrial area. I was told this was only their second cruise ship to dock and when we left port they lined up all the buses and cars and beeped their horns for 15 to 20 minutes as a send off. that was special.
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Here's what we did in Santo Tomas, Guatemala. A small group of us got a water taxi right at the dock $25.000 pp and went 1 1/4 hours up the coast to see the Siete Altares water falls ($1.50 to get in) The waterfalls and jungle was nice, very few bugs. We went swimming in the creek and jumped off the rocks. that was fun. We met a couple of police on the way down the trail and were told the goverment was doing this to make the tourist feel safer. We stopped at a restaurant the guide knew on the way back. I didn't care for that. If we had stopped in Livingston on the way back that would have been better. It was a good day overall as we got to see and do something different. I did talk to some who went to Amatique Bay and did not enjoy it but I will let them tell you about that. The Guatemalan people are very nice and you should try to do something away from the port as it is more of an industrial area. I was told this was only their second cruise ship to dock and when we left port they lined up all the buses and cars and beeped their horns for 15 to 20 minutes as a send off. that was special.
Jim