I did the route from El Ceibo to El Naranjo yesterday on my DR650. It´s about 11 miles of mostly mud until you hit the highway. Naranjo is about another 10 miles.
I got my ass kicked on this one. Totally exhausted, received some help from a guy on horseback along the way when trapped in the mud. A day later, I still hurt. If I´d tried this on a big GS, both the bike and I would probably still be there.
´Supposedly´, Guatemala will start work on building a road over these tracks in about 2 months. Of course, that 2 months could easily be 2 years...or....
The ITM map for Guatemala shows the trail. My Google mapping did not pan out - wasn´t correct, at least what I was looking for.
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Mexico, Guatemala Launch Construction Of International Highway
October 12, 2006
President Fox and his Guatemalan counterpart Oscar Berger have launched the construction of the El Ceibo-Lagunitas highway, which will connect the two countries. Mexico's government will pay for the USD 10.5 million, 19.4km highway. The project is part of the Plan Puebla-Panamá infrastructure development program for Mexico and Central America, which aims to reduce poverty.
Last edited by Lone Rider; 22 Jan 2007 at 22:09.
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