San Carlos (Costa Rica) Comitan de Dominguez (Mexico): Photos 21 to 30

Huehuetenango sounds like an Abba song. It is a town in western Guatemala. I arrive after three days of crawling up and down a rugged mountain range known as the Sierra de Los Cuchumaines. In those three days I have only travelled 160 km but it has been hard work. Although most of the road has just been paved the gradients are the steepest I have ridden so far on my trip. Guatemalan civil engineers are complete sadists, young children who torture animals are specially selected and groomed for years in special engineering institutions. Roads jump violently up valley walls for no good reason.

Exhausted I navigate my way to the centre of town and roll into a pleasant if slightly shabby hospedaje. A bit damp perhaps but such things no longer concern me. At 3 pounds a night it is twice the price of the tiny miserable windowless room I stayed in last night. I am staying here. Shower quickly then my mind turns to finances. I have 15 Quetzals, about 1 pound, on me. Need to find a cash machine that is going to talk to my Visa card. Not necessarily a straightforward task on a Sunday afternoon

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