Hello again! Well, am alive and well in Guatemala which is quite an achievement given the road rules in this country, or more accurately the lack of them!!! I have never come across anything quite like it! The roads in general are two lane, but somehow they manage to fit in about 4 vehicles across all going about 120kms an hour and size doesnt seem to matter, you can fit trucks, buses, minivans into those two lanes...... Overtaking is extremely common and seems to be best done while turning a blind corner.... needless to say I have been bloody scared and now just take to closing my eyes. It doesnt help when you see the traffic accidents and left behind axels on the side of the road. But, apart from that have been loving Guatemala!!! We
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