Guatemala part I - Semuc Champey, Xela, Chichi and Santiago Atitlan December 27th 2015 Semuc Champey, Xela and some other nice places
The first place I went to in Guatemala was the Maya site Tikal. Tikal is a spectacular place and I have decided to dedicate an entire blog entry to it. I will put that one up later on. Here in this the first blog from Guatemala I have collected photos I have taken in a few other places.
First I am going to write a little about ... read more
Central America Caribbean » Guatemala » Western Highlands » Quetzaltenango 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
We are Emma Holmbro and Ake Dahllof. We live in Stockholm, Sweden.
We have travelled more or less regularly since the mid 1990-ies and it seems like the more we travel the more difficult it is to decide where to go next. Not because we are running out of places to visit but because we find more places we want to go to faster than we manage to travel to them.
Some of the things from our travel bucket list we have ticked off since we started this blog in 2006 are
Angel Falls in Ven... full info
Caving in Guatemala If you ticked off the places you've been caving in the world...how many would you have swum, waded, walked, climbed a waterfall and got down and dirty? Guatemala...bet you can't think of any others!
On caves I like a lot of things and, as you had figured out, caves is one of them. In a way it would be easier if I had just one interest, such as golf or hiking or diving, because it would be so much easier to plan a trip then. Now there are so many things I want to see and do so I have to manage to squeeze all of it in somehow.
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Caving in Guatemala
If you ticked off the places you've been caving in the world...how many would you have swum, waded, walked, climbed a waterfall and got down and dirty? Guatemala...bet you can't think of any others!