Google maps are often quite correct about time spent on stretches.
Rio Dulce - Flores 206 kms, 4h 11m - I think it sounds about right, maybe a tad optimistic. It depends how eager you are overtaking slow moving trucks in front of you.
Guate - Semuc Champey 287 kms 5h 5m - I spent almost 2 hours riding from Coban to Lanquin which is 63 kms. The stretch from Lanquin to Semuc C is absolutely horrible, but I havent ridden Guate to Coban so I dont know that stretch - but 5h 5m it sounds a bit optimistic to me...
Semuc C to Rio Dulce - I havent ridden that but according to several notes on iOverlander the stretch on R5 is absolutely horrible.
I rode Lanquin to Chichicastenango the other day, 245 kms and I spent almost 8 hours on it with a coffeebreak for 15-20 mintues and a couple of short photostops.
Its not only the road condition, its the slow moving traffic and in every little town there is a complete chaos in the streets, and all those damned topes as well.
But still love Guate though...
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