http://www.travelblog.org/Central-America-Caribbean/Guatemala/Biotopo-del-Quetzal/ Travel adventures in journals and photos from Central America Caribbean , Guatemala , Biotopo del Quetzal en-us Fri, 05 Dec 2008 04:13:15 UTC Fri, 05 Dec 2008 04:13:15 UTC we finally made it out of belize. we left a day earlier than we thought we would stay there. too hot too humid and our stomachs could not handdle the caribbean food any longer. so we began our return to guate. again a long bus ride and two boat trips back to puerto barrios. you all know how i feel about puerto barrios so we bounced right when we got to the port. we got on the road at about 2pm http://www.travelblog.org//Central-America-Caribbean/Guatemala/Biotopo-del-Quetzal/blog-192223.html From the gorgeous western highlands in Antigua Guatemala the families packed up in the rented 12passenger minivan and drove for 5 hours to the northern highlands of central Guatemala to the Biotopo del Quetzal a protected area specifically set aside for this national bird. These mountains are approximately the same elevation as those we had just left seemed to be slightly wetter with lush http://www.travelblog.org//Central-America-Caribbean/Guatemala/Biotopo-del-Quetzal/blog-176851.html