Heading south from Tikal i took a bus into the Verapaces, these mountains are the wettest and greenest mountains in Guatemala and the mist soaked hills and limestone landscapes are stunning. I was aimed at Lanquin, a small sleepy village sheltered beneath towering green hills. The road in was newly paved for the most part, but the last 11km, all down hill and steep was grueling and unpaved. arriving in Lanquin just before sunset we hopped in the pack of a pick-...

Haven´t really felt like sitting down infront of a screen lately and updating my blog. But I´m a nothing port town in Guatemala where theres nothing to do for the night accept wait to travel tomorrow. I´ve been so in the moment for the last week it feels weird to write about it in the past already. Alot has happened since last week, i covered way more ground then I had originally planned but thats generally how my travels end up. From El Remate I bused int...

Yesterday I left Caye Caulker for El Remate near the Tikal Ruins in Guatemala. I had a pretty crazy day, took a snorkeling tour out to the reef off caye caulker and swam with many eagle rays and reef sharks at "shark/ray alley" where they basically just throw a bunch of food in the water every day to attract them. we also snorkeled around the shallow reef which had some eels, barracuda, yellow tailed snapper and a variety of other fish to check out. I got some g...