Category: El Petén
A Cangrejear, Let’s Go Crabbing
It’s the beginning of the rainy season and I’m relaxing in a hammock at my favorite little beachside haunt on the Pacific Coast of Guatemala. A couple of friends are sitting nearby. We’re just hanging out and talking when someone mentions something about crabs. Crabs being one of my favorite seafood delights, I perk up. [...]
Yaxhá Lagoon and the Crocs
There are two main gateways leading to the Mayan rainforest in the department of Petén, which forms Guatemala’s northern frontier. The main route takes you through the humid lowlands of the Motagua Valley and then north passing the magnificent Sweet River (Río Dulce), the jungle outpost of Poptún, and finally to the departmental island capital [...]
Sunsetting in Petén, Guatemala
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The Stela and the Wasps
Written by Dennis Wheeler There we were, playing charades with a man who we feared wouldn’t live past sunset. One day, late in 1966—while surveying land the government had granted to our cooperative—instead of returning to base camp on our own trail, we decided to angle off and explore some more of the jungle. Much [...]
