Approaching Guatemala 1/17/9

Here is another note from Woody's earlier days of traveling: "We are quite a ways south now, almost on the Guatemalan border, in the town of Lacanja. It has been raining daily, off and on, for almost a week now. But all is going well despite. We haven’t been traveling too much in the rain, spending most of our time exploring. We spent 3 or 4 days at Palenque, and now in Lacanja, we are in a very small, very indigenous community. We are camping under a metal roof, on a concrete slab. Our host cooks meals for us. Our shower is the waterfall 50ft from our tent. This is Mayan land. The ancestors of these people built Palenque. They speak Spanish and Maya, which is what is spoken in the movie, Apocalypto. It often sounds angry. There is an American cyclist from California here as well. She is fluent, so has been able to help us a bit. We are planning on crossing into Guatemala on Monday, as long as it isn’t pouring rain."

-- luludilly