Mother-Daughter Adventure in Central America is March 1 Novel Destination

Central America is the landing spot for a Novel Destination by a mother-daughter pair from Coeur d’Alene. 
Susan and Anna Coby will share stories and photos from their adventures in Guatemala and Belize, Friday, March 1, at 7 p.m. at the library.
Susan describes the decision to travel there like this:
“Mom,” Anna says, “we have lots of time and little money so we are going to Central America!”
“So last May, after Anna graduated with a Masters in Latin American Studies from Georgetown University and I had closed Soul Café, we stuffed two backpacks and flew to Guatemala,” Susan said.
For two weeks they slowly inched along on bone-jarring, bumpy roads from Colonial Antigua to jaw-dropping Tikal.  Along the way they kayaked on volcano-surrounded Lake Atitlan, crawled into a pitch dark Mayan sauna and got hopelessly lost in Central America’s largest indigenous market.
The pair then crossed the Guatemala-Belize border on foot and found they were in an entirely different world. 
“Anna and I had a week in the heart of southern Belize’s Garfuna culture — drumming, dreadlocks, fantastic food and warm laid back attitude,” Susan said.  “Not to mention the best hot sauce in the world.  We  yoga’d with the ex-pats, tooled around on crazy rusted bikes, had the most amazing snorkeling ever and cooled our heels at local joints drinking Belize beer.”
The program, sponsored by the Coeur d’Alene Public Library Foundation, is free, but donations are welcome.
Anyone with a travelogue to share at the library is asked to contact the Library Foundation at 208-769-2380 or by e-mail at:
cdalibraryfoundation@gmail.com.