That's Q'eqchi' for "hows it going, Guatemala?" (one of 22 Mayan dialects).
We had an easy border crossing from Belize into Guatemala in the northeast corner of the country. The difference in culture with Belize was obvious even though they are mere metres apart - borders are funny things. Spanish is again the main language. Lots of indigenous Mayans around as well, over half the nation's population in fact.
Our only hiccup at the border was a woman who charged us quadruple the going rate to cross the border bridge. Only so much you can argue when she has a couple colleagues with shotguns lurking around. Bridge trolls are real life creatures as it turns out.
We visited the old Mayan power centre of Tikal, one of the largest Mayan cities built. Great wildlife too, lots of monkeys (howler and spider), birds, and weird mammals. Like a racoon/possum/kangaroo thing we saw called a pizote.
We had an easy border crossing from Belize into Guatemala in the northeast corner of the country. The difference in culture with Belize was obvious even though they are mere metres apart - borders are funny things. Spanish is again the main language. Lots of indigenous Mayans around as well, over half the nation's population in fact.
Our only hiccup at the border was a woman who charged us quadruple the going rate to cross the border bridge. Only so much you can argue when she has a couple colleagues with shotguns lurking around. Bridge trolls are real life creatures as it turns out.
We visited the old Mayan power centre of Tikal, one of the largest Mayan cities built. Great wildlife too, lots of monkeys (howler and spider), birds, and weird mammals. Like a racoon/possum/kangaroo thing we saw called a pizote.
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