January 24 We drove to Rio Dulce, Guatemala.
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Belize - Guatemala border | On the Guatemala side | The sky looked ominous |
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Quiet everywhere | even the pigs were asleep | very patient vultures... |
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Then the sun came out... | Here we are: Rio Dulce | The main street |
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A public toilet | An Internet Cafe | Plastic flamingoes |
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Boats at our hotel | and Canadians everywhere!!! |
January 25 We drove from Rio Dulce, through Guatemala City directly to Antigua.
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Good roads | Sarita's restaurant | first sight of Guatemala City |
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there is the flag | 10 minutes of traffic jam | and out again... |
January 26 An earthquake flattened Antigua in 1976.
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Ruins of an old church. | Advertisements are not allowed. | This old church is a hospital nowadays |
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Public tanks for washing clothes. | A coffee plant | and a milk fountain? |
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The volcanoes in the area | are somewhat quiet, but | one was rumbling last week... |
January 27 Chiquimula, Guatemala. Almost in Honduras... To the ruins of Copan
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Nothing very interesting, | common streets, | a mixture of old and new. |
On the way back to Canada - April 5 to 7
April 5 Rio Dulce, Guatemala, see January 25 and Flores
April 6-7 Tikal, Guatemala. So far the best Mayan site.
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