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// GUATEMALA Guatemala was the thirteenth country of my travels, and now that I reflect, it was the seventh that I entered by boat. From southern Belize I took a small speed boat along the coast to the town of Livingston. Belize and Guatemala border one another, but the relations are not great and the jungle dense; so it was easier to simply travel by sea. From Livingston, I journeyed into those jungles, up the Rio Dulce, staying a few nights at a river lodge along the way, where I kayaked lazily along the tributaries and marveled at the wildlife. But I still wasn't prepared for the heartland of Guatemala, for that enigmatic realm beyond the jungles, the one hidden high in the mountains of Central America, home to Mayan cities still speaking their ancient dialects, to ruins as old as Rome, to scenery taken from the pages of fantasy novels. If there are magical places left on Earth, this is surely one of them.
DANIEL

TIKAL FOUNDED 4TH CENTURY BC | BECAME ONE OF THE MOST POWERFUL MAYAN STATES
SEMUC CHAMPEY LIMESTONE STEP POOLS WITH UNDERGROUND RIVERS
IXIL TRIANGLE SANTA AVELINA / NEBAJ / COTZAL
HEARTLAND OF THE IXIL MAYANS

RIO DULCE JUNGLE RIVER LEADING TO THE SEA | MY HOME FOR SEVERAL DAYS
GUATEMALA CITY NATIONAL CAPITAL
LIVINGSTON GARIFUNA TOWN ON THE ATLANTIC COAST
FLORES
CHICHICASTENANGO TRADITIONAL MAYA TOWN WITH FAMED MARKET
LAKE ATITLAN ONE OF THE WORLD'S NATURAL WONDERS | RINGED BY SEVERAL MAYAN VILLAGES
ANTIGUA GUATEMALA'S FORMER CAPITAL | FOUNDED 1542
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