GUATEMALAN RULES OF THE ROAD 1. Only overtake when there is oncoming traffic coming in the other direction 2. On corners make sure you speed up. Do at least 50mph 3. Ensure all luggage is stuffed on the roof. No need to secure it down 4. Indicators, headlights etc are there for decoration. No need to use them 5. When refilling your vehicule with gas, leave the engine on as saves you having to turn it on again 6. When a motorbike or any other small vehicule ...

Guatemala te quiero. What a totally amazing country. Friendly people, beautiful scenary, yummy food and a great experience. Where to begin? So I guess we started again (after Flores) in Antigua. Now I thought I would really like it there, but I didn´t quite warm to it. It was quite touristy and very English speaking. However we had a great time climbing and sleeping on a volcano, hiking, biking and doing a zip line. The main moment was the sleeping on the vol...

Had the most amazing border crossing ever to Guatemala. First we took a bus (that was 1hr late mind, wouldn't have bothered me too much hadn't I had got up at 5am) until we got to the river. Then we hopped aboard a gondala shaped speed boat which took us whizzing down the river towards the Guatemalan side of the river further downstream. Such a great way to enter a country other than over a bridge. The immigration the other side was fairly hilarious too. A make-s...