Sunset Over Flores

Flores - Politics and Ice Cream

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October 15th 2002
The bus for Flores leaves Rio Dulce fairly regularly - every 1 1/2 hours. We had decided to catch the 9am. At 8.30am we met Alexandro he was driving to Flores and offered us a lift. Alexandro is currently a tobacco salesman but would like to be President of Guatemala, really interesting conversations in the pickup on the nature of democracy, the quality of the education in Guatemala and the mess t ... read more

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The Maya civilization flourished in Guatemala and surrounding regions during the first millennium A.D. After almost three centuries as a Spanish colony, Guatemala won its independence in 1821. During the second half of the 20th century, it experience... ... read more