Preview of Dospollos's blog at TravelPod. Read the full blog here: www.travelpod.com This blog preview was made by TravelPod using the TripAdvisor™ TripWow slideshow creator. Entry from: Coban, Semuc Champey, Lanquin and Beyond, Guatemala Entry Title: "Bats, Bugs and Bone Shaking Chicken Buses" Entry: "We got to Coban from Puerto Barrios in about 6 hours with a quick change at El Rancho. El Rancho is a dusty, sweaty and chaotic town built on a major cross roads, serving only as a place to change buses and leave asap. The air was desperatley still and thick with dust. As soon as we stepped off the bus hoards of men approached us offering us their "help", each man trying to get us on their bus. Its all very confusing after the ordeal of a chicken bus journey and with very little understanding of spanish. We seeked refuge in a corner shop, after a bumbled conversation of spanglish and sign language with the old lady behind the counter we found our way onto our next bus. The journey took us from deep jungle, to rolling countryside, to almost desert like terrain before we began the ascent into the western highlands and our destination for the day, Coban. Its amazing how quckly and drastically the landscape changes in Guatemala, it always suprises you. Coban is a quiet little town, perched on a long thin plateau, which means the streets either side are exceptionally steep, as we soon found out. Our hostal was at the bottom of one of them, which made an interesting daily climb ...
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