Xela at 8700 ft

Cerro el Baúl

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October 6th 2013
DOUBLE BLOG POST FOR TODAY! We climbed Cerro el Baúl, like I said we were going to do in the previous post, and it was so kick-butt, I had to write up the post for it now before I forgot too much. We took a million pictures-- I'll upload our favorites. Basically, we walked through town for around a half hour, almost all uphill. Roger knew the way, so even though I felt completely lost we were ... read more

Central America Caribbean » Guatemala » Western Highlands » Quetzaltenango

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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