Aguascatan, Guatemala

The market price of a pineapple is being fiercely debated by these three ladies who are adamant that it should be 3.5 Quetzals and quite scornful of suggestions that it should be anything else. I have a long climb ahead and am quite happy to pay 5 straightaway without entering into any similar negotiations with the pineapple saleman.

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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