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Last Stop Guatemala

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November 27th 2006
After my Semuc Champey and Las Marias adventures i headed to Peten. Peten is the northern department or state of Guatemala and my last stop before Belize. Peten is mostly flat lowlands full of forests and much less indigenous than the rest of guatemala. I stayed in Flores, which is a tiny island on the Lago Peten Itza. Really there is not much to this town (you can walk around the whole city a ... read more

Central America Caribbean » Guatemala » Petén Region » Flores

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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