Thank you for the warnings....now we may just take a day bus trip to the area and move on....so far we have found the people here in Guatemala to be rather nice but it only takes a moment to change your opinion of it all.
Our first night in the country we met a german couple who now live here and they told us that, on the road we had that day ridden, an american had been shot....not that many weeks ago....the road was from the Belize border to Flores.....he was stopped by armed robbers who not just wanted his money but also wanted his bike....he said No....and the result was the shooting....he is dead and they had no idea where his bike ended up but I guess we can all guess. They told us not to be too worried...it was just a case of wrong place at the wrong time !!!!!!!!!!!!
This is a second hand story...we have no proof this happened ....but we would not be surprised if what they told us was not correct. It seems a funny story to tell other bikers if it is not true.
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