https://calderescapes.com The Calder's Global Travels Sat, 18 Feb 2023 00:15:33 +0000 en-US hourly 1 https://wordpress.org/?v=7.0.2 https://calderescapes.com/wpcms/wp-content/uploads/2022/07/cropped-ce-site-icon-32x32.png https://calderescapes.com 32 32 https://calderescapes.com/posts/last-week-in-gtm/ Thu, 04 Aug 2016 02:11:58 +0000 http://calderescapes.com/?p=19904   August 3rd, 2016 We are back from Canada/US. It was strange to hear Spanish again but we’ll adjust more quickly this since we know so much more. Our flights went well – we flew from Toronto to Houston then Houston to GTM City and both were on time, our luggage arrived with us and […]]]> https://calderescapes.com/posts/summer-trip-home/ Wed, 29 Jun 2016 18:44:36 +0000 http://calderescapes.com/?p=19879   June 29th Our flights home began on a happy note, when we arrived at the Guatemala airport, fully expecting to have to pay for checked bags.  We had two roller boards, one large hiking backpack and our two personal knap sacks – so five bags in total and we learned that we in fact each […]]]> https://calderescapes.com/posts/chillin-in-antigua-gt/ Sun, 12 Jun 2016 17:17:35 +0000 http://calderescapes.com/?p=19658   June 12th We arrived in the city Antigua midafternoon and went to a free RV camping spot right near the centre of town – unreal, right? The Tourist Police here have a large grassy compound surrounded by old stone walls where overlanders can stay for up to five days free provided they have their […]]]> https://calderescapes.com/posts/from-the-atlantic-to-the-pacific-gt/ Fri, 03 Jun 2016 16:18:45 +0000 http://calderescapes.com/?p=19591   June 3rd   Friday morning, we finally decided which direction to head (oh such decisions we have!). As mentioned earlier, we had planned to go to El Salvador for about ten days but were concerned about whether we’d have to cancel our vehicle permit and then not be allowed back into GT. This would […]]]> https://calderescapes.com/posts/central-guatemala/ Sat, 28 May 2016 19:28:11 +0000 http://calderescapes.com/?p=19539   May 28th We had finally decided that we were going to head north a bit and go check out a national park called Semuc Champey near the city of Coban. This was about a 240 km drive and the roads were of all varying types. Leaving Atitlan they are great, some windy sections but […]]]> https://calderescapes.com/posts/lago-atitlan-gt/ Fri, 20 May 2016 03:34:46 +0000 http://calderescapes.com/?p=19456   May 20th We left San Andres Xecul after picking up some fresh veggies at some street stalls and hit the PanAm highway (known as CA1 here in GT) and to our delight, it was a four lane, smooth paved highway with some actual shoulder in places; this was about 50kms long and even after […]]]> https://calderescapes.com/posts/quetzeltenango-area-gt/ Sat, 14 May 2016 02:00:13 +0000 http://calderescapes.com/?p=19288   So it’s Friday the 13th and we are headed back to Guatemala (GT). We were not certain how this border crossing would go as we’d read that some GT borders will not allow your vehicle back in right away if you have not been outside the country for 90 days since you’re last vehicle […]]]> https://calderescapes.com/posts/northern-guatemala/ Sun, 24 Apr 2016 16:22:03 +0000 http://calderescapes.com/?p=19050   We crossed the border at Benque Viejo del Carmen, Belize into Melchor, Guatemela – the only border crossing between the countries. It is located on the west side of Belize. Note:  The Belizeans have built a road at the southern border of their country but the Guatemalans have not completed their side of the […]]]>