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5.3.1 Semuc Champey
... as it happened...
Waited for the bus to take us there, however what turned up was a pick up truck with a metal frame on the back. "Hold on tight!". Within a couple of minutes out of the town, we were in rural bliss, however along with this came certain logistical issues, such as the 20 minute wait for a truck in front to get up the hill.
We arrived at the site, and straight away began an ascent up through the forestry. After an hour or so of walking, ...
5.3 Lanquin
In Antigua there was a bit of a mare with buses meaning I didn't get into my next town until 11pm on Saturday. The transport to Lanquin reminded me of a clapped-out school minibus and I was sat next to a couple who clearly viewed deodorant as a non-essential travel item..
The route took us from the (relatively) built up cities of Guatemala, up towards the rainforest region. This was the time when it sunk in that ...
Amazing adventure
... and so we got to know locals somehow that seemed they saw the first tourists since a year there. The kids – except one who welcomed us with “Gringo, Gringo” - were so shy and hided just by looking at them behind their mums. But after a while of warming up by smiling all the time (international language even without any knowledge) and handing them some sweets they even got a little English lesson from Shawn. In the ...
Moving on!
Tomorrow we will be moving on east towards Honduras. We will be trying to get to Utila tomorrow but probably have to spend a night on land before heading to the island!
All is good. Had a great day tubing yesterday down a river with some little rapids that liked to skin ya bum but other then that it was good times in the sun on a tube with stories and a few beers.
Hopefully the next place will have wifi so we can put some photos up.
Matt
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Badespass
Nach Lanquin ging es nun doch einmal mit einem Touristen-Shuttle. Das lag vor allem daran, dass wir Guatemala-Stadt nicht mit dem lokalen Bus durchqueren wollten, hier ist der Lonely Planet mit seinen Sicherheitswarnungen mal ungewöhnlich deutlich, somit hielten wir uns mal daran. Die Fahrt war eine der unbequemsten überhaupt. Beschissen kleiner Bus, unbequeme Sitze, unzählige Umwege von unserem Fahrer um Freunden Hallo zu sagen... war nicht so unseres. ...
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