Boat trip2

Rio Dulce

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November 20th 2006
Rio Dulce: The next stop after Flores was Rio Dulce and the trip gave us our first real experience of chicken buses… they’re called chicken buses because the people inside are cooped up like chickens. The buses themselves are old American school-buses that have been kinda pimped and now have yellow red and green designs and massive engines to deal with the steep mountain roads around here. Th ... 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