We skipped Guatemala City, the capital of Guatemala. I say ‘skipped’ but it still took a couple of hours to drive through it on the main roads on the way to Antigua. But after a long days drive we finally arrived at the VagaMundo Camp in Antigua and found Ursula waiting for us (we met at Tikal). The camp was […]
The small town of Cubulco in Guatamala has an annual festival held each year in late July. Francine discovered this on the day before the penultimate day of the festival whilst on our way to Semuc Champey. Many towns have festivals. But this one features an aerial dance that we really wanted to see and so we made a rather […]
Tikal was an important Mayan city in the north of Guatemala, near the Belize border. We passed without visiting in our hurry to get to Belize, but on our way back we could not miss this world renowned monument. What’s more, there is a lovely campsite there with plenty of wildlife. After the rain, the Coatis appeared en masse to […]
We had a “whoopsie” in Honduras and, as a result, after consulting with our overlanding friends, Neil and Pat, we decided to head directly to Belize for a repair at the Mennonite community in Spanish Village. More about that in our Belize post.. From Copan in Honduras we headed directly to the Guatemalan border, crossing with relative ease. We then […]