Coban Stories


Going to Coban

We get up around 5am in order to get breakfast and catch the earliest micro (tourist type minivan) to Coban. We had to change our plans because my sister was evacuated from her city due to political unrest. Two Dutch honeymooners were riding with us along with a schoolteacher from California who spent her summers traveling (not a bad idea I think i'm ...


orale

caught the chicken bus down from flores to coban. disappointing lack of livestock but we had a heap of furniture and other crap up top and a hell of a lot of people inside, half of them mostly outside with their arms back in through the windows to hold on and people come on and sell stuff at every stop. thought i might get some leg room sitting in a sin...


Is it cliche to want to avoid cliches?

Well, it has happened. I have woken up, broke and hungover in Guatemala and wondering how the hell I ended up here. I am now offically a true blooded backpacker. Fear not...all will be well in the world and I just need to nurse myself (and my bank acount) a few more weeks before I head home and start looking for a JOB. Any job. I am going to be dar...


Lakes, caves, oh my!

The main attraction in the Coban area is in Lanquin and Semuc Champay. Lanquin fro its limestone caves where the Mayans used to come and worship their gods. Semuc Champay for its natural beauty. Of all the tings I've seen and done in Guatemala, going to Semuc Champay was the best experience I had. Semuc Champay is a national park that has these na...