Tikal

Palenque to Antigua, Guatemala

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January 21st 2012
At the time of writing my last blog post I was shattered from an overnight bus journey between Tulum and Palenque, in the Chiapas area of Mexico. 12 hours, interrupted regularly by military checkpoints and questioning (Chiapas is known for its drug trafficking) had not put me in the best of spirits and I was not exactly relishing a night sleeping out with the spiders and cockroaches in our jungle ... read more

Central America Caribbean » Guatemala » Capital Region » Antigua

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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