View from the Shuttle window

Shuttle but still public

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December 21st 2007
So we had enough with the chicken buses. It was more that we couldn’t afford our travel time to double each time. So we took shuttles from Coban to Rio Dulce. It was going to be ~5-6hr trip, if all went well, of course. We left Coban with 6:30am bus. Before 7:30am, the bus stopped in the middle of nowhere. Everybody got off the bus, including a toddler. The bus had engine problems and cou ... read more

Central America Caribbean » Guatemala » Caribbean Coast » Río Dulce

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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