The road from Guate down towards Reu is a fairly attractive one. The smog clears, the road descends down hill, and the environment turns tropical with lush vegetation, palm trees and a increase in temperature. The land flattens out as we head to the coast, zooming past chicken buses in a cousin's car. No more endless turns like on the road, between Xela and Guate but a road where it's possible to seat in comfortable and gaze out of the window as the girlfriend's family argue about the normal topics of conversation: family, religion and money. After a stop to drink Coconut juice at the roadside we eventually reach Reu - a place I have visited twice before. It's night-time, but that type of humid heat is present, as always. The outskirts of Reu has palm
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