Christmas decorations are always here
Tiles concrete seating
Looks so tropical
Handmade household treasures
Chicken plastic bag holder good idea, but plastic bags are almost outlawed
Padded wall hangings – good for pincushions
More plastic bag holders
Gallo beer sold here
A coffee drinking palapa
The big thatched hut
Mayan art
The Mariner on the left, Maasdam on the right
Long bridge to the ship
Most ships we have even seen here
Gangway and water station
Perfect fountain
Many stalls with nice things
Good prices as well
Easy to make several shopping runs
Possibly dredging
Military base and ships at anchor
Kayaking duo
Bet there is an undertow on the Pacific side
Leaving the pier at Puerto Quetzal
Marina
Colorful flags
Shade hut on the beach
John, the head security officer waits for the last guests to board
Sun was setting
Many palm trees provide much needed shade
Nice marina
The Seven Seas Mariner will probably stay much later
Bridge is finally empty
Now you can see the small oasis at the pier
Guatemala flag
Fishing boat coming back
Port security
Piles of coal near this marina
Naval vessels
Another quiet sail away
Clouds mean rain
One local pretty bird
May be a kiskadee
Tugs
The best colors were on the tugs
Enjoying sail away with buddies Deise and Howie
Basic tugboat
Until we meet again…..
Assisting us
Sun setting on the dock
A few cranes in the working port
Rays shine through the clouds
Guards taking photos of us
The Maasdam would follow us
Getting ready to leave
Lots of horn tooting
Neat tug
Power plant smoking
The commercial port of Guatemala
Two ships left for a short time
Another tug
The volcanoes appeared briefly
Maasdam passengers watching us leave
Two mountain peaks
An abandoned hut
A housing test gone wrong
Beachfront property
Coastline must be vulnerable to Pacific storms
There goes the Maasdam
Mariner was tied up in the loading zone
Good, but brief view of some volcanoes
The sun was setting
Pilot's job was a short one
Storage sheds in the port area
A shrimp boat
Maasdam leaving the port
A banana freighter
Small but efficient port for Guatemala
Shrimp boat
Waiting their turn to dock
A few ships anchored here
Great colors in the setting sun
Port traffic
The Mariner stayed
Freighter
There goes the sun
Not a bad sunset
Disappeared behind the clouds once again
