Evening beer in Flores

Pia and Bernhard - having Gallo, of course. Although it doesn't taste THAT good, you gotta drink it, when in Guatemala. At least if you haven't got Quetzalteca. And the monkeys drank all of that.* *Explanation: there was only ONE bottle of Quetzalteca to be found in all of Flores - and that one was 30 years old and wildly expensive. It's the national drink; one would expect it to be available even in low season, right?! WRONG!

Macadamia nuts and lovely Flores!

September 12th 2007
Another quick update, since we took a flight to Flores and arrived here one day ahead of schedule. Thus, more time for blogging! Yesterday (Sept. 11th), I still didn't really feel a hundred percent yet, due to my food-poisining; nevertheless I decided to join the others for breakfast at the Macadamia-Nut-farm - something that Tiago had been going on about for the whole trip already. This meant ... 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

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