Wednesday, 9/18. Travel to Guatemala City. Ho-hum. Impressive road over and around many mountains. No tunnels and few bridges. Emphasis was on simplicity of maintenance. No photos.

Trip Leader Richard pointed out that Guatemala, unlike most other Central America countries, has had a stable economy for decades. The closer we got to the City, the more prosperous everything looked. The City is night and day different from the countryside, though we only drove through the more modern sections. The City has zones. Some are very, very dangerous, others are the opposite.

I’ve been on this trip six days, three of which have been mostly travel.