(March 3 – written by Dave) Today we passed through volcano country.  Antigua is ringed by a number of them and we had to ride between a couple to get out of town.  Much to our surprise, the volcano on our right started to erupt.  The first time we both saw a little puff but … Continue reading Volcanos – Antigua to Taxisco (90k/11,531k, 420m)

(March 2 – written by Dave) First up, a couple comments on yesterday’s blog...  We read a lot of travel blogs.  Everyone writes with a different style.  Some people write blogs that contain nothing but rosy, positive commentary.  Others, for some reason only focus on the negative things that happen.  We tend to like the … Continue reading Antigua exploring

(March 1 – written by Dave) We’ve made it to Antigua – we were really excited to get here to have a look around.  Unfortunately we found that the hotel we booked via booking.com turned out to be a little rough.  Kind of hard to take after a long day in the bus and saddle … Continue reading Capitol time – Panajachel to Antigua (92k/11,411k, 880m)

(February 28 – written by Dave) Our guest cottage was amazingly quiet overnight.  We both slept great.  It probably had something to do with not having an alarm set as well.  The Guatemalan central highlands turned out to be harder than we thought they would be.  We’re mostly at the top of them now and … Continue reading Lake Atitlan – beautiful, but too much water

(February 27 – written by Dave) We survived the night in our rough hotel room.  We discovered that the shower AND the toilet leaked.  We had a toilet seat but every flush sort of flooded the floor a little.  Yuck.  They have a sign in hotel rooms hear about not cleaning your shoes or the … Continue reading Topping out – San Cristobal Totonicapan to Panajachel (77k/11,349k, 1250m)

(February 26 – written by Nancy) We had another hard day climbing through the Guatemalan mountains today - I think Dave is trying to run me into the ground with his route planning!  5,600 feet of climbing today and 4,500 feet yesterday.  Dave has already given you the “how hard that is on a touring … Continue reading Huehuetenago to San Cristobal Totonicapan (77k/11,272k, 1691m)

(February 25 – written by Dave) Day 2 in Guatemala didn’t start according to plan.  The fan in our room stopped working overnight but we only barely noticed – it was just quieter.  The real issue became more apparent when the alarm went off and we discovered that we had no power.  And for that … Continue reading A long climb –Camoja to Huehuetenango (76k/11,194)

(February 24 – written by Dave) Country Four Guatemala – we made it!  Woohoo! But before we get there, we should talk about last night and the ride today.  Last night we had our last meal in Mexico.  We had some extra pesos so we found a kind of nice restaurant.  Too bad we were … Continue reading Guatemala –Comitan to Camoja (100k/11,119)