Lanquin Stories


Most beautiful place in the world

So, Semuc Champey is the most beautiful place in the world. Google might have photos. It's a HUGE limestone bridge that goes over the river. But the bridge is so huge that you can walk all over it for ages and not know that it's a bridge until you get to the edge. And on this bridge is a series of stepped pools of water. Crystal clear water... pretty po...


Caves!

The bus trip to Lanquin is LONG but full of fun people and a naked man running down the road. The pick up truck from Lanquin to Semuc Champey is painful and my hips are still bruised BUT the trip is worth it because the location is too amazing. I stayed at Las Marias on the river. Very basic, no electricity most of the time, no shops or houses, no hot w...


Tube station: lanquin

Stef and I love traveling, being on the road, watching landscapes slowly changing, looking at people. It does not matter so much if the journey can be uncomfortable, the experience always stays vivid and can be very funny to tell. On our way to Lanquin, higher up in the mountains, we had to take so many buses, a little boat, a mini van and...