Lake Atitlan

Guatemala January 2010

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January 28th 2010
Greetings to all. I hope everyone had a wonderful holiday season. I am back on the boat now after spending 4 weeks in the U.S. during the holidays. I visited family and spent a few weeks working at the same clinics that I worked with during the summer. We left Cartagena, Colombia in November and sailed about 860 miles to Roatan, Honduras. With good weather we could have made it in 6 days b ... 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