Lots of beautiful places to visit in this region. First up was Flores, a town on an island on a lake. We ran into our friends Simon and Ali, who are also driving from North America south, and we found a great spot to camp on the waterfront and cook dinner.
Next was a long drive down to El Paraiso near the beautiful lakeside town of El Estor. There is a pretty sweet swimming hole, where a geothermal spring above a waterfall results in hot water cascading down into a cool pool. It was a great makeshift shower after a few days of freecamping!
Next we visted a place called Semuc Champey. "Swimming hole" doesn't begin to give justice to this natural fun park, where you can explore half a dozen clear blue cascading pools. The Rio Cahabon dives under these pools which sit atop a natural limestone landbridge. Just look at the pictures and try to figure out how it works.
The road we took from El Estor to Semuc Champey is not on a map, and took seven hours of unpaved mountain "roads". It was a beautiful drive through remote Mayan mountain villages, but was pretty hard going for the old Gladiator.
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