Thoughts on Guatemala

Guatemala.  What a place.  Chicken buses.  Woven textiles.  Crowded markets.  Beautiful lakes.  Dramatic volcanoes.  Good food.

Tourism has been pretty well developed.  You can take group shuttles around the country to avoid any safety issues or multiple bus transfers.  Women hawk their wares in most of the places one would visit.  In some ways it was all a bit much, but for whatever reason I forgave Guatemala where I might not have in another country.  It could be the men and women dressed in their traditional clothing or their speaking in the local tongue.  It could be the natural beauty and the feeling that you could still get away, get off the beaten track.  Whatever it was, I know I will miss Guatemala.