Candle Tree

The locals collect berries from this tree and make candles - which are sold in town to tourists. It is cheaper to buy the regular ones for their own use.

Guatemala - Cloud Forest

September 2nd 2006
This was probably the most humbling experience either of us will ever have. We saw the opportunity “advertised” in the Lonely Planet and I (K) was unsure. These types of visits are often ill managed with families being saturated with visitors and numbed by the experience. The literature at the centre, EcoQueztal in Coban, was carefully written and clearly well planned. The organisation had bee ... read more

Central America Caribbean » Guatemala » Verapaz Region » Cobán

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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