After >1
week in Guatemala, we can already conclude that this country is full of
adventures. It even started with our trip over here: we took an overnight bus
from Cancun (Mexico) to Belize City. Thanks to a 2 ½ hour stop at a corrupt Mexican
border control agent (charging everyone a $25 ‘border-crossing fee’; receipt: not a chance) we arrived around 9:45 am
on a Monday morning in Belize City – a few hours later than scheduled. We were afraid
that we just missed the 9:30 am bus to Tikal (Guatemala) where we would meet
our friend Mario.
After walking
to a taxi stand (the next bus was in another bus station) the driver told us
the bus would leave at 10am and we would probably still make it, so he drove us
through the bumpy roads of Belize’ capital to another bus station, where we had
1 minute to buy tickets, breakfast and go to the toilet. Wow, what a rush but
we were so relieved that we made it: the next bus would leave somewhere late
afternoon while Mario was waiting for us in Guatemala. We saw some other
passengers who were also joining this bus, 10am sharp.
About an
hour and a half later, finally someone told us that the bus would leave.
Lesson: relax and don’t count on anything to be on time here!
This was
only the start of many adventures we already had in Guatemala. Below are some
pictures and videos of the Tarzan Canopy Ziplining tour we did in a Guatemalan jungle.
It was an awesome adrenaline experience to fly from tree to tree! (as was the
ride through the jungle J)
