Guatemala

Tentative list for Guatemala

So What is This About?

Bus in San Cristobal de las Ca
The recent past of this small country in Central-America is very unhappy. Internal wars have lead to a very bad economic situation, that leaves large parts of the population in poor conditions.

The most impressive monument of Guatemala, and probably of whole Central-America, is Tikal. This ancien Mayan site in the jungle near Flores has become a major tourist attraction, and can of course also be found on the Worldheritage List.

In 1997 I visited Guatemala, together with its neighbour Mexico. Though definitely less Spanish than Mexico, what I saw didn't warm me for a longer trip through Central-America. Probably I will never visit the third Worldheritagesite in Guatemala, Quirigua.