Just a quick update from Guatemala. This is the worst rainy season in 60 years with lakes overflowing and landslides absolutely everywhere. It is a tragedy that is still unfolding with up to 50 people dead, many more missing, and rains and landslides continuing. It is heartbreaking to see such tragedies in a beautiful but impoverished country.
Friends of mine had been stranded at Lake Atitlan and eventually got out by trekking through knee deep mud to make it up to the road where they could then drive out. The Lake area seems to be one of the worst, and I thought the roads were bad when I was there a month or so ago.
I arrived in Lanquin today after an eight and a half hour bus ride from Antigua, there were hundreds of landslides along the way of varying sizes. I'm almost getting used to seeing massive boulders on the road and parts of road just washed away down the mountain. The drivers still seem to drive quite recklessly with us having to yell out "despacio por favor" (slow down please) a couple of times.
But I'm safe now and Lanquin is beautiful and idyllic and I'm just chilling out with a beer.
More retrospective blog updates tomorrow. Maybe.
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