Today it was a short day in terms of miles, about 150 miles (250 Kms) but very long as we rode in rural Guatemala 🇬🇹 where the quality of the roads is not very good and a lot of times we rode on packed dirt.
What a beautiful day it was, one of my favorites as we rode away from the beaten path and visited places majority of tourists do not go to. It was a day of constant ups and downs with amazing photo opportunities with the sun shining just right and roads that snaked into themselves so I could stay a bit behind and take pictures of Bo and Dave from above.
We had the opportunity of stopping in a small rural village with about 5 houses that also sell stuff and interact with a local family. Bo took out his drone which was a hit and brought a number of curious people from their to the street to see it hover and film.
We were also able to view Guatemala City from afar and plot our way through the city which actually was easier than we thought. As there were not a lot of town with good hotel coverage from Guatemala City to the border we decided to stop early in a nice hotel just out of the city.
We were intrigued by its name (Vista Encantada which means Enchanted View) and chose it over others.
The hotel is actually inside a closed community and because of the high walls you cannot see any view until they open up the big gates so it was actually a surprise.
The view is magnificent with a lake (Amatitlan) surrounded by a town and with a number of volcanoes (Water, Fire, Acatenango) on the background.
The hotel is run by a very nice lady and her grown children and that evening she made us an home made chicken soup that we will remember for a long time.
I still had a lot of adrenalin from the day’s ride and wanted to see the lake up close so hot back on the bike and went down the hill to see the town and lake. Very nice.
Still had quite an adventure doing some heavy-duty off-roads up the hill at night in the way back but that is a story for another day with some beers. Let’s just say there was some panel beating of panniers the next morning.
Make Life a Ride !
Off-road riding in Guatemala
Lunch on the road
View of Guatemala City
Enchanted view from our hotel in Guatemala City
Enchanted view II
Facebook post for the day
Click HERE for all the photos and videos of this Day
What a beautiful day it was, one of my favorites as we rode away from the beaten path and visited places majority of tourists do not go to. It was a day of constant ups and downs with amazing photo opportunities with the sun shining just right and roads that snaked into themselves so I could stay a bit behind and take pictures of Bo and Dave from above.
We had the opportunity of stopping in a small rural village with about 5 houses that also sell stuff and interact with a local family. Bo took out his drone which was a hit and brought a number of curious people from their to the street to see it hover and film.
We were also able to view Guatemala City from afar and plot our way through the city which actually was easier than we thought. As there were not a lot of town with good hotel coverage from Guatemala City to the border we decided to stop early in a nice hotel just out of the city.
We were intrigued by its name (Vista Encantada which means Enchanted View) and chose it over others.
The hotel is actually inside a closed community and because of the high walls you cannot see any view until they open up the big gates so it was actually a surprise.
The view is magnificent with a lake (Amatitlan) surrounded by a town and with a number of volcanoes (Water, Fire, Acatenango) on the background.
The hotel is run by a very nice lady and her grown children and that evening she made us an home made chicken soup that we will remember for a long time.
I still had a lot of adrenalin from the day’s ride and wanted to see the lake up close so hot back on the bike and went down the hill to see the town and lake. Very nice.
Still had quite an adventure doing some heavy-duty off-roads up the hill at night in the way back but that is a story for another day with some beers. Let’s just say there was some panel beating of panniers the next morning.
Make Life a Ride !
Off-road riding in Guatemala
Lunch on the road
View of Guatemala City
Enchanted view from our hotel in Guatemala City
Enchanted view II
Facebook post for the day
Click HERE for all the photos and videos of this Day
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