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Posted by tyrobinson | 23rd May 2007
hey friends. this chunk might be a little more functional in its aim, cause i've got a lot of ground to cover -- more than three weeks of adventures to relate! i'll get to it. (oh by the way, i'm now in leon, nicaragua.)
SO, left panajachel on the 5am bus to guatemala city. interesting, everyone who got on that bus, that early, took a moment to stand in front of all who were already on board and wish them "buenos dias" (to which all responded in mute chorus). got to the city, and luckily the only thing that hastled me was an overpriced taxi ride. continued on, unscathed...! from guatemala city, took a series of buses through the eastern countryside, soon left the paved road, soaring up and down over the hills, dust coating the arid landscape, some of the most apparent squalor that i've seen flitting by like on a discovery channel program. these people seem to subside solely on whatever they could grow from this unforgiving earth. dog-tired, and dirty, arrived in chiquimula, near the
29 Jan 2007 - 08 Jun 2007
Visiting: Mexico, Belize, Guatemala, Mexico, Guatemala, Honduras, Nicaragua and Costa Rica.
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