I left Xela after five weeks and felt like it is a place i might come back to one day. It was a wonderful day to start cycling again. The sun was shining in a clear blue sky and while i was climbing the mountains surrounding the lake along the panamericana, some views could be… Continue reading Lago Atitlan
Category: locations
Volcan Santa Maria
We started our tour at five in the morning. Considering the early morning hour, we didn’t feel too tired. After half an hour’s drive with the bus, we got dropped off at the starting point of the trek and began our ascent while it was still dark. Only guided by the beam of the flashlight… Continue reading Volcan Santa Maria
¿Habla español?
Every friday we have lunch at the school with most of the students and teachers. Everybody contributes a dish resulting in ladden tables with all sorts of delicious food. Between christmas and new years, the school was rather empty, but filled up quickly in 2014. So we hardly fit all the people in the dining… Continue reading ¿Habla español?
Quetzaltenango
The road from Toto was still pleasant for a while but one could sense its drawing near the panamerican highway. The density of chickenbuses grew, sometimes blocking whole junctions while letting off people or taking on new passengers while the exhausts and the sounds of their horns filled the air. Just outside the city, i… Continue reading Quetzaltenango
Coban to Totonicapan
The department of Alta Verapaz is famous for its coffee and as i was getting closer to its capital, more and more hills were covered with plantations. I stayed at the la paz hotel, a nice guesthouse in a tranquil part of town not far from the city center. Just next door was a cafeteria… Continue reading Coban to Totonicapan
Semuc Champey
After thinking about to join the tour of the guesthouse, i decided to do it by bicycle myself and my own pace as the tour included two other sights and a rather tight schedule. If i had known the road would be as challenging as within the last days, i might have opted for the… Continue reading Semuc Champey
Rough roads and beautiful valleys
It was a pleasant ride to El Estor but there the asphalt ended and it was dirt roads from then on. But the challenging part was yet to come. From Panzos the road was mingled with rocks sticking out and it was a tough time going uphill in the heat. It took me the whole… Continue reading Rough roads and beautiful valleys
Livingston and more boats
Livingston is a very enjoyable place. I ended up at the iguana, like most backpackers. It has a wonderful garden with a restaurant and bar and some people just get stuck there for days on end. Some of the people had been on a stretch of partying for more than a week and showed some… Continue reading Livingston and more boats
Belize roundup
After Hopkins i decided on a small side trip off the southern highway towards Placencia. Along a small strip of land that became highly popular with the better off belizean people as well as people from abroad looking for a property closer to the sun. Most of the buildings are just ridiculous, rather a palace… Continue reading Belize roundup
the hummingbird highway
i took the boat at eight o’clock back over the lagoon. the one after most of the people left to go about their daily business and there was enough room for the bike. after getting back to the main road i made my way to the belize city bypass as i try to avoid bigger… Continue reading the hummingbird highway