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Moving Forward ... and South

Jose was right on time, picking us up at La Lancha at the ungodly hour of 4:30 a.m. Indeed, we were up before the howler monkeys, a real feat. This is especially true given that a group of Mexican tourists had arrived the evening before, and their arrival spoiled the quiet nights that we had...

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shoshtrvls on August 28, 2009 from Coban, Guatemala

from the travel blog: Belize, Guatemala and Honduras (2009)

Decompressing in Coban

Wow! I feel like I've just reentered the modern world after spending the week in Campur, a couple of hours bus ride northeast of here. Learned a lot this week about the conditions, life and work in this very poor region of Guatemala. Slept in a bunk at the FUNCEDESCRI center, but each day a...

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cjones on September 29, 2007 from Coban, Guatemala

from the travel blog: so-journ

The Journey North

My third and final impression of Guatemala City, where we (Jana, from Spanish school, and I) had a bus change-over on our journey north, did nothing to convince me of any redeeming merits, but people-watching in a bus station is always rewarding, and the sheer number of locals who constantly...

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Alex Kent on September 8, 2007 from Coban, Guatemala

from the travel blog: On the Varieties of Nature

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