Murder Central Rio Dulce

This is a really old castle with cannons surrounding it...



Murda Hostel



Here I am still in Guatemala... Its ok but Im getting really antsy to get home and hang out with my friends... also I start school on Thursday so I should get back!
I still have had no luck selling my motorcycle and Im getting to the point where I may just give it to a poor guy sleeping in parque central.
This Last weekend David, Janet and I drove to Rio Dulce.. the prettiest river in all of Guatemala.... possibly Central America. It empties into the caribbean between Belize and Honduras. We arrived at the hostel to find it almost vacant. There were 30 dorm beds all of which were empty. It was Friday night and the place looked like a deserted building. We thought it may have been a slow weekend.... little did we know. Janet and I sat down to eat when the server came to take our orders. We had read about an incident that happened that week near the hostel. A couple was attacked on their sail boat by pirates, the couple didnt have enough money to give to them so they killed the husband with machetes and seriously injured the woman. We were interested to know if this was the correct story and asked him about it. He then went on to say "yes that happened but......you didn't hear about what happened here??" hmm no we hadn't, but he wouldn't even tell us he just left us hanging. Curious and anxious to know Janet and I ran up to the internet to search the noticias (news) We found a short paragraph about a local prostitute called Queen of the South and her 14 year old son who was a drug lord. The two of them had been shot in the bathrooms 2 nights before we arrived. Our nights rest was the worst we have ever had.
The next morning eager to get out of there we took a boat ride down the river. The river is Gorgeous and the people there have the most incredible house. It was amazing to see how the locals live... commuting by little conoes and boats.
We stayed in Livingston, the majority of the people are Garifuna and its much more surreal than the other places I have visited. We had a wonderful time, Despite our friends bag was stolen from the window in her room.
We returned to Guatemala city last night and now I am back to trying to rid myself of this motorcycle. wish me luck and hopefully I will see you all soon.
Peace and Love!