We have had a fascinating first 9 days travelling up from Antigua in Guatemala to Cancun in Mexico, with our Tucan tour group. Highlights to date (in date order): - getting stuck in a 45 mins traffic jam en route from Guatemala City airport to our hotel in Antigua. We may as well have been in London!! However, this gave us time to realise that the Guatemalan capital city is a very bustling, smoggy place, full of lots of cars - so not fussed it is not on our itinerary! - exploring the colonial town of Antigua, with its beautifully coloured buildings (although as another UNESCO World Heritage site, it reminds one of Trinidad in Cuba to look at). - staying in a hotel room in Rio Dulce (Guatemala) which was on stilts over the lake,
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