Guatemala travel stories

Into Guatemala 1989 [Part 11 of 11 Parts]

Day 21 June 12 A Military Checkpoint [Photo 1] On our return from Antigua, we had hardly begun to walk back to the hotel when we had a rude reminder of the political situation in this tr...

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Into Guatemala 1989 [Part 10 of 11 Parts]

Days 17-19 June 8-10 Spring Hotel [Photos 1 and 2] Upon our return to Guatemala City, Alvaro left for school in Madison, Wisconsin. Roberto would soon take off for Urbana-Champaign. Duri...

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Into Guatemala 1989 [Part 9 of 11 Parts]

[Photos 1 to 4] Here are some more pictures of the ruins in Seibal. The circular structure is somewhat fancifully called the "Temple of the Jaguar" by archaeologists. What scenes and sacri...

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Into Guatemala 1989 [Part 8 of 11 Parts]

[Photo 1] Madjid enters the mysterious Templo de las Acanaladuras (Temple of the Grooved Walls). From May to October, almost daily torrential rains exact a heavy toll on the Tikal structures, ...

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Into Guatemala 1989 [Part 7 of 11 Parts]

Day 13 June 4 Uaxactún: Town and Ruins [Photo 1] Early in the morning, we drove along a jungle road barely wide enough for our jeep to pass through. The Petén wilderness had never seeme...

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