Posts From Guatemala

Norm's ford had a flat battery this morning, and it took a little while to charge it using the Tiger and our jump leads. However, even with that hiccup we were on the road by 6:30 am.

We had a surprisingly comfortable night at the border. The weather was pleasant and not too hot, our parking place was almost flat, and the noise was not too bad. Fortunately Nina did not hear the nine gun shots in the middle of the night. Norm later heard that the police shot a local gang member - Nina Says Sorry no photos.

We spent today in the area around our Water Park Automorisco.

This morning we set out at 8:00 for a visit to the city of Antigua in Norm's vehicle accompanied by the two children from the water park and the hair dresser lady mentioned in the previous entry.

This day was a complete right-off for me. During the night I started getting stomach cramps with the usual consequences of such feelings. With some foul tasting medications to punctuate the day I did my best to sleep for 24 hours.

The 70 km drive into Copan this morning showed lots of evidence of the impact of recent rains on the roads. We passed many landslides and there were many places where the road surface had been torn up by water.

Our plan today was to visit the town of Jocotenango which is next to Antigua. We had been given the names of a family there by some friends in Washington. We thought this would be an easy excursion to fill in a bit of the day as we wanted to have two days camping at Amatitlan.