Guatemala City, Guatemala, 21/1-2007
Route: Flores - Sayaxche - Coban - El Rancho - Guatemala City
We had decided to leave Flores early, and go to Guatemala City where I was going to meet Ivo. I got up at 6.45 and had a shower, woke up David and then packed the bike. David was a bit late, so I went first to a gas station to fuel up Scotty, and than hit the road, and David came when he was ready.
To everybody that is going to travel in Guatemala I can recommend this route. It was Just brilliant. The scenery was beautiful, loads of small towns with good food and one amazing river crossing.
In the beginning the landscape was filled with small round hills which was covered with forrest. The it got more flat, and some parts were cultivated, but most were open areas where cattle were grassing. In this part of the journey, it was a little bit foggy, so you got a bit moist during the riding.
I then got to a little city called El Subin. Here the road divided, and the road I was supposed to go just ended after 100 meters in a river. A bit further down the river I spotted a little bidge, and that was the crossing. No signs or anything. The road then continued to be a bit curvey going up and down the small round hills, and suddenly again the road ended in a river.
The river crossing here were by a lekter (boat without motor) which had two small barrel like boats on the side with 70 hp out board motors. The crossing was just unbeleavable, and an great experience.
Next I came to a little village. Here it was some kind of a carneval, and I was later told by Ivo that this was symbolizing the conquest of the indians. I went in to see this carneval where people were dressed in colorful costumes and with masks, and ended up being the midpoint of the party, before I sniked away and hit the road.
I drove when people were preapearing to go to church, so along the road it was lots of people bathing in the small rivers and combing their hair. And in every little village it was a marked.
I then got to the more hilly part, where first the round hills get start to be higher, for then to turn into mountains. Here the forrest is quite massive and it sometimes is difficult to read where the road turns.
Then you are on the top of the mountains, it gets flat and the forrest dissapers. Here it is much dryer. Just outside Copan, David cought up with me. We decided to go to Copan to get some cash, and we finally found a ATM with cash, but we were only allowed to redraw 600 Quinsales.
After Copan the road again takes you up through a massive forrest, before you enter into a very dry area which last utill you reach El Rancho. In El Rancho I meet Ivo, which invited us to stay at his parents house.
The drive from El Rancho till Guatemala City takes an hour. Here we met Ivo's family, got a brilliant dinner and stayed the night.
We had decided to leave Flores early, and go to Guatemala City where I was going to meet Ivo. I got up at 6.45 and had a shower, woke up David and then packed the bike. David was a bit late, so I went first to a gas station to fuel up Scotty, and than hit the road, and David came when he was ready.
To everybody that is going to travel in Guatemala I can recommend this route. It was Just brilliant. The scenery was beautiful, loads of small towns with good food and one amazing river crossing.
In the beginning the landscape was filled with small round hills which was covered with forrest. The it got more flat, and some parts were cultivated, but most were open areas where cattle were grassing. In this part of the journey, it was a little bit foggy, so you got a bit moist during the riding.
I then got to a little city called El Subin. Here the road divided, and the road I was supposed to go just ended after 100 meters in a river. A bit further down the river I spotted a little bidge, and that was the crossing. No signs or anything. The road then continued to be a bit curvey going up and down the small round hills, and suddenly again the road ended in a river.
The river crossing here were by a lekter (boat without motor) which had two small barrel like boats on the side with 70 hp out board motors. The crossing was just unbeleavable, and an great experience.
Next I came to a little village. Here it was some kind of a carneval, and I was later told by Ivo that this was symbolizing the conquest of the indians. I went in to see this carneval where people were dressed in colorful costumes and with masks, and ended up being the midpoint of the party, before I sniked away and hit the road.
I drove when people were preapearing to go to church, so along the road it was lots of people bathing in the small rivers and combing their hair. And in every little village it was a marked.
I then got to the more hilly part, where first the round hills get start to be higher, for then to turn into mountains. Here the forrest is quite massive and it sometimes is difficult to read where the road turns.
Then you are on the top of the mountains, it gets flat and the forrest dissapers. Here it is much dryer. Just outside Copan, David cought up with me. We decided to go to Copan to get some cash, and we finally found a ATM with cash, but we were only allowed to redraw 600 Quinsales.
After Copan the road again takes you up through a massive forrest, before you enter into a very dry area which last utill you reach El Rancho. In El Rancho I meet Ivo, which invited us to stay at his parents house.
The drive from El Rancho till Guatemala City takes an hour. Here we met Ivo's family, got a brilliant dinner and stayed the night.
posted by Øyvind Thiem at 2:23 PM
1 Comments:
Hey hey!
Så kult å høra når du kjøre rundt i guatemala, sant det e fint der:) Så gøy å høra at du har det bra. Eg reise på lørdag ei uka te østerrike, så tenkte at eg sko benytta anledningen te å sei: FELIZ CUMPLEAÑOS på søndag! Håpe du får ein fantastisk dag, og lov meg at du fortelle folk at du fylle året, sånn at du blir feira:)
God tur vidare, og ta vare på deg sjøl:)Goe klemmer fra -Gunni-
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