On Thu, 28 Jul 2016 21:54:30 -0500, Califbill
wrote:


Reminds of some of the places we docked at on north Vancouver island.
Government docks, that are really set up for the commercial boats.

We had that once on a cruise. They dropped us off in a container port
in Guatemala. Most of the people just stayed on the ship. We are a
little more adventurous and we took a navy boat over to a Best Western
across the bay and then went for a hike in the rain forest behind the
"hotel" (actually just a bunch of cabins and a restaurant)
It was one of the coolest excursions we ever took on a cruise.

The town itself is pretty under whelming, They tried to set up a straw
market for the cruise people but it was not Nassau or anything. The
people were very friendly tho and it would have been hard to spend
$20. We had just a $5 beer at the best Western and when we got another
in town and handed the lady a $10, she was wondering if I wanted to
buy her house. I let her keep the change and she gave me a hat.

http://gfretwell.com/ftp/Best%20Western%20Guatemala.jpg

I have a picture around here somewhere (not on my computer) of Judy
standing next to a kid with a machine gun.