Guatemala
We crossed to Guatemala border formalities took only 40 minutes were a bit worried because we had been told that the paperwork took a long time in this border area, the person who received us very friendly demeanor and joking with fellow After checking work documents and fumigate the bikes continue to our final destination would be the people of Flores island linked by a bridge in the Peten area, almost reaching the people that took a deflection and several streets were closed for a holiday in the nearby town of Flores, this shortcut led us a person riding on a motorcycle of cylinder capacity under which we pass through a narrow wooden bridge that neither half feet wide, and to get to Flores we ran into a German Oliver riding his bike and took us to the hostel where we would stay, after settling down in our room and take a cold water bath, dinner and told us that our bikes could not sleep in the hostel so we went to Oliver who has a restaurant to the edge of the side called La villa del chef, there were chatting and drinking beers after leaving our bikes inside your establishment. Today we went to the ruins of Tikal in the capital of the Mayan people built their first buildings 700 years before Christ, a huge area of construction which are distinguished by their high pyramids ranging from 60 to 80 meters, returned to Flowers and went to the boardwalk pier to key facts to the people of the region and other tourists who arrived, she met several young people who asked me my nationality and some of the journey being undertaken. The next day we got up early went to Oliver's restaurant there by the bikes we said goodbye and continued to our destination that would Semuc Champey which ultimately would not visit at least so far as they take a road that took us across the mountains of this beautiful country in the area of peace altavera, dirt road, mud, rocks, lots of water because the rainy season, so we continue the way and visiting indigenous villages where people do not speak Spanish, a very nice person big heart to give everything without getting anything in return to live very simply, Loving greetings to show kindness to one, after 10 hours of driving gave us the night where we come to a coffee farm manager name Chapultepec where we opened Don Jose luis the doors to put our tents in the drying zone of coffee, the next day after the scenery for several hours we continued our way to Copan as Semuc Champey will visit later by technical issues of motorcycles and wash our clothes. El dia de hoy fui a Semuc champey 3 horas de camino donde los ultimos 10 kilometros son muy dificiles de transitar por la condicion del camino, al llegar al lugar me impacto sus piscinas naturales y cascadas con aguas de color turquesa un lugar muy impresionante rodeado de extensa vegetacion con paredes rocosas impresionantes, despues de 4 horas de estar en tan hermoso lugar regrese a Coban para descansar y preparar la moto para el dia siguiente. The next day after having rested in Siquinalá with my friend, Fernando went to see the city of Antigua, a city with a colonial cobblestone streets and architecture dating back several centuries ago, a tourist place but not take away the magic you can feel to be in it. After being several days resting in Siquinalá Quetzaltenango I prepared to go to a flight of 2 hours where the weather changed selvatico to forest where the temperature dropped over 10 degrees, come to Quetzaltenango a beautiful city, especially the central plaza I was that city to know a program where street children are promoting the right direction and not fall into the same vices that would give them street, she met Guadalupe who showed me the facilities of the school and then I Isela showed the group home, without a doubt a very good humanitarian work, congratulations. After I got ready to go to sleep at a village Panajachel on the shores of Lake Atitlan, a beautiful place with lots of tourist things to do, to get the bike rolling down the hill to enter the lake the scenery could be appreciated paid the 10-hour shift I experienced on the day. I'm in Panajachel visiting various places in the city and appreciating the beauty of the lake surrounded by several volcanoes. After several days enjoying this beautiful place with Fernando Siquinalá back to where it would be the last place would be in Guatemala to start my journey through El Salvador, Guatemala and thank you very much for their people get along really great taste of this beautiful country. Thanks Guatemala
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