Road fom Chiquimula to Coban, Guatemala

In Guatemala I avoided Guatemala City and Antigua and rode through the hill to Mexico. Had been thinking about going north into the jungle and going to the ruins at Tikal but changed my mind at the last moment (read that it might be difficult to get a Tourist Card for Mexico at the jungle river crossings).

San Carlos (Costa Rica) Comitan de Dominguez (Mexico)

January 31st 2007
Huehuetenango sounds like an Abba song. It is a town in western Guatemala. I arrive after three days of crawling up and down a rugged mountain range known as the Sierra de Los Cuchumaines. In those three days I have only travelled 160 km but it has been hard work. Although most of the road has just been paved the gradients are the steepest I have ridden so far on my trip. Guatemalan civil enginee ... read more

North America » Mexico » Chiapas » San Cristobal de las Casas

The site of advanced Amerindian civilizations, Mexico came under Spanish rule for three centuries before achieving independence early in the 19th century. A devaluation of the peso in late 1994 threw Mexico into economic turmoil, triggering the worst... ... read more

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