Due to the nature of bicycle touring, we regularly find ourselves sacrificing one or two tourism highlights on our trip, and Guatemala was no exception. That being said, our route through Guatemala exceeded all expectations. Although we didn’t go to Tikal, we did ride some rugged roads, met wonderful people …
A glimpse from above at an upcoming climb In planning our route into the Guatemalan Highlands, I underestimated just how big these mountains are. The Cuchumatanes are the highest non-volcanic mountain range in Central America with the highest peak, La Torre, reaching over 3800m. We climbed at total of 4517m …
A crowd of people were gathered along the treacherous switchback as we made our descent after an 800 meter climb. My first reaction was how did all of those people fit in the lorry with those onions in the first place, let alone survive unscaved? “If a lorry full of …
