The first splash!

The first splash was a scary moment. After two months work "Mira" was seaworthy again. There are many question running thru the head in that moment when they lifting up the boat and putting back the water. Did I check everything? All the seacock are ok? Will it float or sink? Everything was fine. She was floating and smoking. The engine was having a ridiculous amount of black smoke as result that the marina didn't do the job what I payed for but we had to leave. All the paperwork was destroyed on the boat so I had a special arrangement with the customs so we had to take "Mira" out from Guatemala and bring it to Belize.  


The first night out.

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We ware really exited. This was something new and amazing experience. I think we felt really proud around so many beautiful sailboat and we own one. 
Rio Dulce, Izabal in Guatemala is a hurricane hole. Many sailors going there during the hurricane season. A lot of  marinas, restaurant and shops around the city.  If you need to work on your boat that is a good place. 

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Next day we made our way down to the beautiful Rio Dulce. 
The "Sweet River" is and absolutely breathtaking place. If you travelling to Guatemala its a must place to go. 
It is a long way to Livingston the last town in  Guatemala, where we have to check out, so we decided that we will do it in two days. Most sailors stop at half way a place called "Texan Bay" A man  Mike from Texas came there long time ago and opened a bar there. Mike's place is a really cool place, he delivers a great atmosphere. I'm not surprised  its a favorite stop for sailors. 

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Finally we arrived to Livingston. The last stop in Guatemala. Livingston is a really small but very pretty Garifuna town. The checkout was relatively easy and fast.  All the paperwork was in order, we weigh anchor and started to our adventure back to Belize. The way was more adventurous  than fun.  We had it all...