Lanquin Caves

Reflecting on our less than enjoyable stay at Los Amigos we were happy to tie our backpacks to the roof and squish ourselves into an uncomfortable mini van to head to Semuc Champey for some swimming and caving!

In good practice and anticipation of a long journey we deprived ourselves of any fluid for fear of needing a wee and enjoyed some …

... pretty phenomenal...not the bat touching me, what I saw in that cave.  I had just been on a tour through the Grutas de Lanquin with a group of about seven other people.  Our guide was a fifteen year old Guatemalan boy who liked to say my name ...

... bit to find a more relaxing place than El Retiro to stay on this trip. A backpackers haven along the river Lanquin, where you can visit bat-caves, swim through caves and climb it's inner waterfalls just from the light of a candle. Float down rivers on a ...

... got to our hostel and set up our tent on a wet patch of grass surrounded by forest, very nice. We missed the tour to the caves for today so we chilled by the river. We took turns on the rope swing which was pretty fun, just a bit chilly. Tuesday the ...

... big shutter windows that opened to an amazing view of mountains and green jungle all around us.  We headed down to the Lanquin Caves that we came to see - a fairly short walk down a dirt road through the forest.  It was the cleanest ...

... 't until we did it ourselves that we fully understood. What a fun-filled day it turned out to be! Possibly our best day in Guatemala!   About 14 of us left the hostel standing on the back of a pick-up truck that winded its way through the jungle and ...

... an experience. Coban is a big city--a lot bigger than i was expecting, but as we got there, we decided to go on directly to Lanquin, which is where we are now.  There is a lot of stuff to do around here, and the place we are staying is really ...

... have one last big feast before we set out for our next destination. At 6:45 am we leave for Flores in the North of Guatemala. We are in good spirits and in good health going into our fifth week in Guatemala. Hello to everyone and we still miss ...

... out really well as we joined another smaller group of wimpy american boys for the cave trip. This trip took you deep inside limestone caves with only a candle for company. Most of the time you were required to swim, so this meant you had to swim with ...

Well here I am sat in the middle of nowhere in a gorgeous hotel called El Retiro in Lanquin near Coban in Guatemala on the internet. Nuts huh? well its really beautiful here, everythings green and jungle like the hotel's rooms are all like thatched ...

... speed bump every km or so for the entire length of it. Not having any issues at the border we then continued on into Guatemala with our destination being Flores. This is a nice little island located in lake Peten Itza, and is somewhere to stay if you ...