Cycling from Quirigua to Rio Hondo
On this day of my bike tour from Alaska to Argentina, I cycled from Quirigua to Rio Honda in Guatemala. This is my bike touring blog from the day.
Cycling in Guatemala
Blog post written: March 9th 2010
A little bit of a harder ride today, due to some pretty intense heat and lumpy countryside. The landscape also changed from lush green to dry brown earth.
I had a good, cheap breakfast for 15 Quetzales at a roadside stand, which fuelled me up well for the hills ahead.
I decided to call it a day in the small town of Rio Hondo, where I took a 60 Quetzales hotel room. The shower was almost icy cold, but boy did I need it !
Always check the date...
There was a short day on the cards for the next day, as I had a few more Quetzales left over than I had originally calculated, so I decided it was better to spend a day extra in Guatemala than lose out on an exchange rate.
Had a bit of a shopping disaster when two out of five products I bought from the local store were out of date. The biscuits were seven months over but tasted ok !
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Dave is a UK travel writer living in Athens since 2015. With 20 years of firsthand travel experience and over 80,000 km of bicycle touring across six continents, he's been blogging at Dave's Travel Pages since 2005. Every guide is based on places he's actually been.
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