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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

Days 239 – 242. Wednesday, 25th – Saturday, 28th March. At Pasaj Cap, San Marcos, Lake Atitlan, Guatemala

This is our 12th day here now. I had a bad day today. It is very difficult having nothing useful to do. My sons in the UK tell me they have spent the day in the garden doing useful things like cutting hedges and replacing broken fence posts. I wish…

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Jen 29/03/2020 21/09/2020The 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 235. Saturday, 21st March. Day 5 at Pasaj Cap, San Marcos Guatemala.

If we are here for a while, the problem is going to be keeping ourselves entertained. This morning at 7.30 I did my second yoga class. I suppose at the age of 70 and a half it is still not too old to learn. The problem I have is, unless…

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Jen 22/03/2020 22/03/2020The Trip Plan 3

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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Day 233. Thursday, 19th March. At Pasaj Cap, San Marcos , Guatemala.

We had set the alarm for 6am in order to be ready to join the convoy of seven vehicles heading for the Mexican border. Having previously made the decision to stay, we had changed our minds last night. Carl and Renee, the young Kiwi couple were intending to leave their…

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Jen 21/03/2020 24/03/2020The Trip Plan 2

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 231. Tuesday, 17th March. From a Coffee Plantation near Coban to Pasaj Cap, San Marcos.

Dennis wasn’t very complimentary about the coffee plantation, yesterday, but I have to say it had a great little coffee shop and did an excellent cappuccino. We weren’t very happy in the morning as there was no water in the shower or toilets. We thought the plantation had just turned…

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Jen 19/03/2020 23/03/2020The Trip Plan 5

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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