The tranquility of Denmark and other great Mayan adventures

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Guatemala Picture by Patrick Gatland
Travel story: The tranquility of Denmark and other great Mayan adventures

A riddle for you. It is 11 AM in a small town in Guatemala. You own the only bus company in town and the next bus out is at 2.30 PM. What time would you tell a group of tourists the bus was leaving?

I guess the obvious answer is "the next bus comes at 2.30 PM. Why don't you go off and get some food, explore the town and return a few minutes before then".

However, in Guatemala time is a more fluid notion - instead, we were told "the bus will be here in 15 minutes"... More