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Day’s 287 to 298. May 12th to 23rd. Adjusting to lockdown in Guatemala.

It’s 6pm on Saturday 23rd and while Jen is preparing dinner from our well stocked larder and fridge. I’m sitting in front of the wide opened windows listening to thunder rolling around the volcano’s on the opposite side of a grey lake Atitlan. It’s getting darker, with heavy cumulus clouds…

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Dennis 24/05/2020 01/06/2020The Trip Plan 6

Day’s 274 – 282. 29th April to 5th May. Marooned at Passaj-Cap. Guatemala.

It’s now Tuesday 5th May and at last the rains have started. For the last week or so, the afternoons have clouded over and the occasional thunder storm brewed, but fizzled, with little or no rain.  Temperatures remain in the mid to low 20’s and the days are idyllic. Every…

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Dennis 06/05/2020 11/05/2020The Trip Plan 5

Day’s 252-259. Tuesday, 7th to Tuesday, 14th April. San Marcos, Guatemala.

As day 28 in lockdown gets under way, it’s time to reflect on activities to date.  Yes, life couldn’t be much better for us. The weather continues to be warm and pleasant. That doesn’t mean we are happy about the situation, just accepting it and keeping our heads down, like…

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Dennis 14/04/2020 16/04/2020The Trip Plan 7

Day 248 & 249. Sat. 4th April, 2020. A little bit of Guatemalan history.

In the last blog Jen gave an insight into our immediate community. I’d like to extend that to take in some of the country’s more recent history. While we feel completely safe here now, it hasn’t always been so peaceful. The following is a cut-and-paste from Wikipedia :- A civil…

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Dennis 05/04/2020 20/05/2020The Trip Plan 0

Day 243 – 247. Thurs. 2nd April. Guatemala.

People are getting restless, us included. However there’s not a lot we can do. A couple of days ago Jen & I went to town to buy some more supplies. What an experience that turned out to be. The property is located on the side of a hill between the…

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Dennis 02/04/2020 23/05/2020The Trip Plan 2

Day’s 236 to 238. 24th March. Camp Pasaj Cap, Guatemala.

While there is not too much to write about brother Ash suggested we put some pics in of our surroundings. Jen here, briefly. I will just write little bit. We seem to be entertaining ourselves reasonably well, so far. Amongst the group we have organised Spanish conversation classes. I have…

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Dennis 24/03/2020 24/03/2020The Trip Plan 4

Day 234. Friday 20th March. Pasaj Cap camp. Guatemala.

There is a group meeting this morning at 10.30am, for the Overlanders. The objective, to establish a food supply source and chain. The group attending amount to approximately 20 people but others who are/were fly-in-fly out tourists on site, also attend. As yet we don’t know what supplies we can…

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Dennis 22/03/2020 05/05/2020The Trip Plan 0

Day 232. Wed. 18th March. Pasaj Cap Campsite. Lago Atitlan. Guatemala.

This morning we are assessing our new situation. We are in ‘Lockdown’ in Guatemala. Even if we chose to make a dash for it there is no guarantee we would get back to NZ with more airlines closing down operations and border restrictions hardening. Realistically there are massive complications for…

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Dennis 19/03/2020 20/06/2020The Trip Plan 2

Day 230. Monday 16th March. Semuc Champey to Coban. Guatemala.

Couldn’t wake up this morning. So relaxing and watching the birds flit in the trees above us through the roof vents. We are only driving up the track about 250m to the scenic wonderland of Semuc Champey. I had never heard of it before but neither have many Guatemalans heard…

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Dennis 17/03/2020 02/04/2020The Trip Plan 3

Day 228. Saturday 14th March. Tikal to Laguna Las Pozas. Guatemala.

“Mission Control, we have gremlins in the electrics”! Nothing electrical would work in the living quarters,  apart from the fridge which was being temporarily run off the cigarette lighter socket!!! Trying to find the reason was causing major confusion, so Jen said, “lets rewire the whole thing”. With no soldering…

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