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    Planet Kapow 27 : Antigua to San Salvador

    IN ANOTHER: little town on Lake Atitlan named Santiago de Atitlan, we find our way up a gravelly path to the shrine of Maximon, the infamous ‘Wicked Saint’, patron of drinkers, smokers, gamblers and prostitutes. Each year at Easter in towns across Guatemala, Maximon does...

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    Planet Kapow 26 : Nebaj to Lago de Atitlan

    ON THE: road out of Semuc Champey, the truck we are in pulls over at the top of a hill. The view from the hill is spectacular – verdant green valleys; a small, moss-encrusted church – but the hill itself is covered with trash, the...

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    Planet Kapow 25 : Finca Ixobel to Semuc Champey

    GUATEMALA SHINES: an almost luminescent green as we fling ourselves south through the outskirts of Poptun to Finca Ixobel. Finca Ixobel is something of a legendary traveler’s hangout started by two Americans – one of whom was kidnapped and horrifically murdered by the Guatemalan military...

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    Planet Kapow 24 : Caye Caulker to Tikal

    WE PASSED: a few lifeless days in Mexico in what we called “rest and reCubaration”, racing through the markets of Chetumal to stock up on all the bits and pieces lost or worn into the ground along the way. When we began to feel the...

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    Guatemala: hike around Nebaj (Cuchumatan Mountains)

    Ok, I’m jumping the gun a bit with my backlog of posts I should be getting on top of, but here is an update that I really wanted to get up. A few days ago we got back from a brilliant 3 days up in...

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