RYK-10767-Guatemala-2020 La Antigua, the former capital; Arco de Santa Catalina, sole remains of a large early 17th-c. convent, ruined by the 1773 earthquakes
RYK-10887-Guatemala-2020 La Antigua; Posada San Vicente; our lodging in a former robber den
RYK-10747-Guatemala-2020 La Antigua; street view
RYK-10762-Guatemala-2020 La Antigua; street view
RYK-10775-Guatemala-2020 La Antigua; artesanías street market in front of El Carmen church, ruined by the 1773 earthquakes
RYK-10776-Guatemala-2020 La Antigua; artesanías street market at El Carmen
RYK-10781-Guatemala-2020 La Antigua; Universidad Pontificia de San Marcos
RYK-10793-Guatemala-2020 La Antigua; Santa Clara convent, ruined by the 1773 earthquakes
RYK-10790-Guatemala-2020 La Antigua; Tanque La Unión, overarched washing pools near Santa Clara, with Volcán de Fuego on the background
RYK-10814-Guatemala-2020 La Antigua; Tanque La Unión, overarched washing pools near Santa Clara
RYK-10819-Guatemala-2020 La Antigua; unexpected neighbourhood procession at dusk
RYK-10818-Guatemala-2020 La Antigua; brass band for neighbourhood procession
RYK-10817-Guatemala-2020 La Antigua; neighbourhood procession at dusk; fairytale devotion
RYK-10801-Guatemala-2020 Great-tailed Grackle (Quiscalus mexicanus) ♂ at Rio Pensativa, south of old town La Antigua
RYK-10851-Guatemala-2020 Jocotenanga; cultural parc La Azotea; flower wealth in hacienda garden
RYK-10806-Guatemala-2020 Queen (Danaus gilippus)
RYK-10809-Guatemala-2020 Neighbourhood south-east of La Antigua
RYK-10858-Guatemala-2020 Jocotenango; cultural parc La Azotea; drying coffee at museum coffee plantation
RYK-10862-Guatemala-2020 Jocotenango; cultural parc La Azotea; turning coffee at museum coffee plantation
RYK-10871-Guatemala-2020 Jocotenango; cultural parc La Azotea; hacienda garden
RYK-10875-Guatemala-2020 Jocotenango; cemetery
RYK-10878-Guatemala-2020 La Antigua; fruit and vegetable street market
RYK-10885-Guatemala-2020 La Antigua; fruit and vegetable street market
RYK-10768-Guatemala-2020 Antigua; El Arco de Santa Catalina (17th century)
RYK-10857-Guatemala-2020 View on Volcán de Fuego from San Francisco de Sales
RYK-10856-Guatemala-2020 Epiphites in the forest near Volcán de Pacaya
RYK-10823-Guatemala-2020 Volcán de Pacaya; walking on fresh volcanic soil which rolled over older soil
RYK-10830-Guatemala-2020 Volcán de Pacaya; from recent eruption
RYK-10833-Guatemala-2020 Volcán de Pacaya; freshly cooled lava
RYK-10843-Guatemala-2020 Volcán de Pacaya; lava landscape
RYK-10840-Guatemala-2020 View on Volcán de Fuego from Volcán de Pacaya
RYK-10895-Guatemala-2020 15th-c. Maya site Utatlán (K’umarkaaj); hanging lichens
RYK-10899-Guatemala-2020 Dainty sulphur (Nathalis iole)
RYK-10892-Guatemala-2020 Maya site Utatlán (K’umarkaaj); one of the main temples
RYK-10894-Guatemala-2020 Maya site Utatlán (K’umarkaaj); offering at an ancient temple niche
RYK-10903-Guatemala-2020 Maya site Utatlán (K’umarkaaj); 100m-long tunnel with nine shrines, used by today’s Maya’s
RYK-10904-Guatemala-2020 Maya site Utatlán (K’umarkaaj); ritual in front of the tunnel entrance
RYK-10907-Guatemala-2020 Maya site Utatlán (K’umarkaaj); ritual in front of the tunnel entrance
RYK-10911-Guatemala-2020 Acul; Finca Mil Amores, our cabin for the night
RYK-10914-Guatemala-2020 Acul (Quiché province); Finca Mil Amores; pelicans flying over unexpectedly
RYK-10912-Guatemala-2020 Acul; view from Finca Mil Amores
RYK-10919-Guatemala-2020 Start of 5 day trekking through the Cordillera de los Cuchumatanes: entering Acul
RYK-10921-Guatemala-2020 Acul;
RYK-10917-Guatemala-2020 Acul; collecting fodder
RYK-10922-Guatemala-2020 Leaving Acul for Xexuxcab
RYK-10923-Guatemala-2020 On the way to Xexuxcab; drying hand-woven skirts
RYK-10925-Guatemala-2020 Xexuxcab
RYK-10930-Guatemala-2020 Heading South: on the way from Xexuxcab to Esperanza
RYK-10929-Guatemala-2020 On the way from Xexuxcab to Esperanza
RYK-10933-Guatemala-2020 Approaching Esperanza
RYK-10935-Guatemala-2020 Esperanza (Huehuetenango province, to the northwest of Xenaxicul); Pigsty and henhouse at the farmstead where we had lunch
RYK-10943-Guatemala-2020 Esperanza; drying black and white corn at the farmstead where we had lunch
RYK-10937-Guatemala-2020 Esperanza; harvesting for our lunch
RYK-10947-Guatemala-2020 Esperanza; our hosts preparing lunch
RYK-10946-Guatemala-2020 Esperanza; lunchtime with guide Jacinto de León Hernández: fresh soup with tortillas and coffee
RYK-10951-Guatemala-2020 Mexican silverspot (Dione moneta)
RYK-10952-Guatemala-2020 Lobelias (epiphites) in the forest between Esperanza and Xenaxecul
RYK-10957-Guatemala-2020 Approaching Xenaxecul, where we were to stay overnight
RYK-10958-Guatemala-2020 Xenaxecul; morning view from the farmstead where we stayed for the night
RYK-10971-Guatemala-2020 View toward Las Majadas, with our trekking guide Jacinto de Léon Hernández
RYK-10975-Guatemala-2020 On the way to Las Majadas
RYK-10982-Guatemala-2020 Las Majadas
RYK-10986-Guatemala-2020 Las Majadas; harvesting chilacayotl (Cucurbita ficifolia), a kind of squash
RYK-10992-Guatemala-2020 Crossing the Cuchumatenes from Las Majadas to Chuatuj
RYK-10995-Guatemala-2020 The Cuchumatenes between Las Majadas and Chuatuj
RYK-10996-Guatemala-2020 The Cuchumatenes between Las Majadas and Chuatuj
RYK-10997-Guatemala-2020 Lonely highland settlement close to Chuatuj (Quiché province)
RYK-11003-Guatemala-2020 Chuatuj; highland village at 3070m altitude
RYK-11006-Guatemala-2020 Chuatuj; highland village at 3070m altitude
RYK-11009-Guatemala-2020 Chuatuj; our hosts
RYK-11008-Guatemala-2020 Chuatuj; corn tamales with omelette and bean puree for dinner
RYK-11013-Guatemala-2020 Chuatuj; women going for water and returning from corn mill with corn dough for tortillas
RYK-11016-Guatemala-2020 Chuatuj; man leaving with merchandise in hand-woven cloth
RYK-11017-Guatemala-2020 Chuatuj; breakfast
RYK-11018-Guatemala-2020 Leaving Chuatuj
RYK-11023-Guatemala-2020 Halfway between Chuatuj and Chortiz
RYK-11028-Guatemala-2020 Arriving at Chortiz; women washing clothes
RYK-11030-Guatemala-2020 Heading for Pajuipui Canton 1, Huehuetenango Province
RYK-11031-Guatemala-2020 Heading for Pajuipui Canton 1
RYK-11029-Guatemala-2020 Turkey vulture (Cathartes aura)
RYK-11035-Guatemala-2020 View from Pajuipui Canton 1 westward, showing our road ahead at the opposite slope: first winding up, then further up through the small green valley
RYK-11036-Guatemala-2020 Pajuipui Canton 1
RYK-11039-Guatemala-2020 Crossing the River heading for El Pericón
RYK-11045-Guatemala-2020 Agaves on the way to San Nicolas
RYK-11046-Guatemala-2020 San Nicolas; house where we stayed for the night
RYK-11053-Guatemala-2020 Todos Santos Cuchumatán, Huehuetenango; main square
RYK-11048-Guatemala-2020 Todos Santos Cuchumatán; main square; all men and boys in handmade clothes unique to the village
RYK-11069-Guatemala-2020 Todos Santos Cuchumatán; main street
RYK-11050-Guatemala-2020 Todos Santos Cuchumatán; Saturday market
RYK-11051-Guatemala-2020 Todos Santos Cuchumatán; cleaning after Saturday market; view from our hotel balcony
RYK-11066-Guatemala-2020 Todos Santos Cuchumatán; Sunday morning treat: hot chocolate and tamales
RYK-11057-Guatemala-2020 Rio Chanjón valley downstream Todos Santos Cuchumatán
RYK-11072-Guatemala-2020 Agave with Green Honeycreeper (Chlorophanes spiza ) at the Mirador de Juan Diegez Olaverri, north of Chiantla
RYK-11078-Guatemala-2020 Maya site Zaculeu, Huehuetenango;
RYK-11094-Guatemala-2020 Zunil, Quetzaltenango province; vegetable garden for Quetzaltenango
RYK-11096-Guatemala-2020 Zunil; centre
RYK-11100-Guatemala-2020 Zunil; home of marimba orchester “Maya Quiché”
RYK-11097-Guatemala-2020 Zunil, main square with women with fresh merchandise leaving for Quetzalteneango
RYK-11089-Guatemala-2020 Zunil bus stop; Chicken buses bring women to the day markets of Quetzaltenango, with Volcán Santa Maria in the background
RYK-11110-Guatemala-2020 Quezaltenango (Xela); Mercado La Democracia
RYK-11111-Guatemala-2020 Quezaltenango (Xela); Mercado La Democracia
RYK-11116-Guatemala-2020 Quezaltenango (Xela); Mercado La Democracia
RYK-11124-Guatemala-2020 Mexican silverspot (Dione moneta)
RYK-11129-Guatemala-2020 Uphill Xecam, Cantel; setting off for Lake Atitlán
RYK-11130-Guatemala-2020 Chiucutama, Sololá province
RYK-11135-Guatemala-2020 Chuicutama, Sololá;
RYK-11139-Guatemala-2020 Chuicutama, Sololá; cementary
RYK-11142-Guatemala-2020 Chiucutama, Sololá; view to cloud forest, with various volcanoes in the background
RYK-11148-Guatemala-2020 In the cloud forest past Pacorral I; old man in home-woven clothing bringing wood home
RYK-11149-Guatemala-2020 In the cloud forest between Pacorral I and Durasnales
RYK-11150-Guatemala-2020
RYK-11153-Guatemala-2020 Arriving at the dirt road at Durasnales; with our trekking guide
RYK-11152-Guatemala-2020 Clay-colored Thrush (Turdus grayi)
RYK-11154-Guatemala-2020 Common Chlorospingus (Chlorospingus flavopectus)
RYK-11158-Guatemala-2020 Chiri’j Ximay; dinner where we stayed overnight
RYK-11159-Guatemala-2020 Chiri'j Ximay, Sololá; sunrise
RYK-11160-Guatemala-2020-1 Chiri’j Ximay; soaked corn for tortillas being grounded in the village mill
RYK-11165-Guatemala-2020 Eastern Bluebird (Sialia sialis)
RYK-11168-Guatemala-2020 Cloud forest south of Chiri’j Ximay
RYK-11171-Guatemala-2020 Cloud forest south of Chiri’j Ximay
RYK-11175-Guatemala-2020 Pithy sister (Adelpha pithys)
RYK-11179-Guatemala-2020 Orange-striped eighty-eight (Diaethria pandama)
RYK-11183-Guatemala-2020 Anna's eighty-eight (Diaethria anna)
RYK-11184-Guatemala-2020 Blomfild's beauty (Smyrna blomfildia)
RYK-11189-Guatemala-2020 Blue-throated Motmot (Aspatha gularis)
RYK-11186-Guatemala-2020 Along the road to Santa Maria Visitación; drying white, red and black corn
RYK-11190-Guatemala-2020-edit-01 Santa Maria Visitación; our guide the mural at the main square that depicts pre-colonial times, the Spanish conquest, and the 20th-c. civil war
RYK-11193-Guatemala-2020 Cerro Cristalino near Santa Clara la Laguna; Sunrise over Lake Atitlán
RYK-11204-Guatemala-2020 Cerro Cristalino near Santa Clara la Laguna; Sunrise over Lake Atitlán
RYK-11213-Guatemala-2020 Cerro Cristalino near Santa Clara la Laguna; Sunrise over Lake Atitlán
RYK-11224-Guatemala-2020 Rufous-colored Sparrow (Zonotrichia capensis)
RYK-11222-Guatemala-2020 Zebra heliconian (Heliconius charithonia)
RYK-11269-Guatemala-2020 San Juan La Laguna; our lake-site hotel Uxlabil
RYK-11232-Guatemala-2020 Great egret (Ardea alba)
RYK-11233-Guatemala-2020 Western Kingbird (Tyrannus verticalis)
RYK-11235-Guatemala-2020 Green heron (Butorides virescens)
RYK-11237-Guatemala-2020 Black Phoebe (Sayornis nigricans)
RYK-11247-Guatemala-2020 Baltimore Oreole (Icterus galbula) ♀
RYK-11252-Guatemala-2020 Great-tailed Grackle (Quiscalus mexicanus) ♀
RYK-11257-Guatemala-2020 Snowy egret (Egretta thula)
RYK-11262-Guatemala-2020 Blue-winged teal (Anas discors)
RYK-11283-Guatemala-2020 American coot (Fulica americana)
RYK-11272-Guatemala-2020 San Juan La Laguna; fishing on Lake Atitlán
RYK-11278-Guatemala-2020 Lake Atitlán; view on San Juan La Laguna from Hotel Uxlabil
RYK-11282-Guatemala-2020 Lake Atitlán; fishing near Hotel Uxlabil
RYK-11289-Guatemala-2020 Lake Atitlán; heading for Panajachel
RYK-11291-Guatemala-2020 Panajachel; harbour
RYK-11294-Guatemala-2020 Cobán, Alta Verapaz province; Orquigonia (private orchid sanctuary)
RYK-11299-Guatemala-2020 Cobán, Alta Verapaz province; Orquigonia (private orchid sanctuary)
RYK-11301-Guatemala-2020 Cobán, Alta Verapaz province; Orquigonia (private orchid sanctuary)
RYK-11310-Guatemala-2020 Lanquin, Alta Verapaz;
RYK-11307-Guatemala-2020 Lanquin; procession
RYK-11322-Guatemala-2020 River Lanquin just downstream the caves
RYK-11319-Guatemala-2020 River Lanquin just downstream the caves
RYK-11312-Guatemala-2020 Julia heliconian (Dryas julia)
RYK-11333-Guatemala-2020 Erato heliconian (Heliconius erato)
RYK-11336-Guatemala-2020 Carmelita, Petén province; setting off for Maya sites La Florida, El Tintal and El Mirador
RYK-11330-Guatemala-2020 footprint of Jaguar (Panthera onca)
RYK-11341-Guatemala-2020
RYK-11349-Guatemala-2020 Roadside hawk (Rupornis magnirostris)
RYK-11355-Guatemala-2020 Red-lored amazon (Amazona autumnalis)
RYK-11342-Guatemala-2020 Geoffroy's spider monkey (Ateles geoffroyi)
RYK-11345-Guatemala-2020 Geoffroy's spider monkey (Ateles geoffroyi)
RYK-11378-Guatemala-2020 Guatemalan black howler (Alouatta pigra)
RYK-11379-Guatemala-2020 Guatemalan black howler (Alouatta pigra)
RYK-11388-Guatemala-2020 Guatemalan black howler (Alouatta pigra)
RYK-11352-Guatemala-2020 Gray-necked Woodrail (Aramides albivent)
RYK-11357-Guatemala-2020 Lineated woodpecker (Dryocopus lineatus)
RYK-11372-Guatemala-2020 Collared aracari (Pteroglossus torquatus)
RYK-11367-Guatemala-2020 Maya site El Tintal; sunset over the tropical forest
RYK-11391-Guatemala-2020 Summer Tanager (Piranga rubra) ♂
RYK-11395-Guatemala-2020 Slaty-tailed Trogon (Trogon Massena) ♂
RYK-11408-Guatemala-2020 Maya site El Mirador; sunset at pyramid El Tigre, with pyramid La Dante in the distance
RYK-11472-Guatemala-2020 Maya site El Mirador; Pavo ocerado / Ocellated turkey (Meleagris ocellata) near the camp site
RYK-11403-Guatemala-2020 Ocellated turkey(Meleagris ocellata)
RYK-11400-Guatemala-2020 Exploring Maya site El Mirador; one of the many pyramids
RYK-11411-Guatemala-2020 Exploring Maya site El Mirador; with trekking guide Luis Cortez
RYK-11415-Guatemala-2020 Exploring Maya site El Mirador; Pavo ocerado / Ocellated turkey (Meleagris ocellata) crossing pyramid base
RYK-11429-Guatemala-2020 Exploring Maya site El Mirador; one of the many pyramids
RYK-11467-Guatemala-2020 Exploring Maya site El Mirador; a freshly excavated (reconstructed?) parcel
RYK-11469-Guatemala-2020 Exploring Maya site El Mirador
RYK-11435-Guatemala-2020 Exploring Maya site El Mirador
RYK-11425-Guatemala-2020 Keel-billed toucan (Ramphastos sulfuratus)
RYK-11433-Guatemala-2020 Geoffroy's spider monkey (Ateles geoffroyi)
RYK-11438-Guatemala-2020 Brown-hooded parrot (Pyrilia haematotis)
RYK-11446-Guatemala-2020 White-nosed coati (Nasua narica)
RYK-11447-Guatemala-2020 White-nosed coati (Nasua narica)
RYK-11450-Guatemala-2020 Guatemalan black howler (Alouatta pigra)
RYK-11437-Guatemala-2020 One(Two) spotted prepona (Archaeoprepona demopho(o)n
RYK-11480-Guatemala-2020 Common Black Hawk (Buteogallus anthracinus)
RYK-11484-Guatemala-2020 Back in Carmelita; Cloudless sulphur (Phoebis sennae)
RYK-11517-Guatemala-2020 Islote Santa Bárbara, Flores, Petén; View on Flores
RYK-11487-Guatemala-2020 Flores, Peten;
RYK-11504-Guatemala-2020 Ferries between Flores, San Benito and San Miguel
RYK-11499-Guatemala-2020 White-necked puffbird (Notharchus hyperrhynchus)
RYK-11506-Guatemala-2020 Blue-and-white Swallow (Pygochelidon cyanoleuca) At a terrace in San Miguel
RYK-11508-Guatemala-2020 Islote Santa Bárbara, Flores; Iguana on Ceiba (Ceiba pentandra), the tree that symbolises the axis mundi (world tree) of many Mesoamerican peoples
RYK-11526-Guatemala-2020 Laughin Gull (Leucophaeus atricilla) at Rio Dulce harbour; waiting for boat transport
RYK-11532-Guatemala-2020 Rio Dulce lake and river; Green heron (Butorides virescens)
RYK-11534-Guatemala-2020 Hacienda Tijax at Rio Dulce lake
RYK-11533-Guatemala-2020 Hacienda Tijax at Rio Dulce lake
RYK-11530-Guatemala-2020 Common morpho (Morpho helenor)
RYK-11531-Guatemala-2020 Moth (tbd)
RYK-11539-Guatemala-2020 Teleus longtail (Urbanus teleus)
RYK-11544-Guatemala-2020 Julia heliconian (Dryas julia)
RYK-11554-Guatemala-2020 Hacienda Tijax; view on Rio Dulce town, with Lago de Itzabal in the distance
RYK-11551-Guatemala-2020 Hacienda Tijax; rubber tapping
RYK-11562-Guatemala-2020 Hacienda Tijax; tropical forest nature reserve
RYK-11563-Guatemala-2020 Hacienda Tijax; tropical forest nature reserve
RYK-11559-Guatemala-2020 Hacienda Tijax; tropical forest nature reserve
RYK-11557-Guatemala-2020 Rio Dulce;
RYK-11564-Guatemala-2020 Hacienda Tijax; tropical forest nature reserve
RYK-11568-Guatemala-2020 Hacienda Tijax; Azure-crowned Hummingbird (Amazilia cyanocephala)
RYK-11570-Guatemala-2020 Hacienda Tijax; Azure-crowned Hummingbird (Amazilia cyanocephala)
RYK-11580-Guatemala-2020 Variable cracker (Hemadryas feronia)
RYK-11588-Guatemala-2020 Rio Dulce lake and river; Neotropic cormorant (Phalacrocorax brasilianus)
RYK-11633-Guatemala-2020 Rio Dulce lake and river
RYK-11593-Guatemala-2020 Neotropic cormorant (Phalacrocorax brasilianus)
RYK-11601-Guatemala-2020 Rio Dulce lake and river
RYK-11602-Guatemala-2020 Northern jacana (Jacana spinosa)
RYK-11628-Guatemala-2020 Livingston; Caribbean coast with coconut trees
RYK-11606-Guatemala-2020 Brown pelican (Pelecanus occidentalis)
RYK-11611-Guatemala-2020 Great egret (Ardea alba)
RYK-11617-Guatemala-2020 Brown pelican (Pelecanus occidentalis)
RYK-11620-Guatemala-2020 Brown pelican (Pelecanus occidentalis) in the wash of Garifuna fishermen
RYK-11625-Guatemala-2020 Livingston; Caribbean coast
RYK-11687-Guatemala-2020 Hobbitenango, Antigua;
RYK-11667-Guatemala-2020 Cerro de La Cruz north of La Antigua; recent wood clearing for cut flower cultivation
RYK-11664-Guatemala-2020 Cerro de La Cruz
RYK-11666-Guatemala-2020 Cerro de La Cruz; bringing down harvested flowers for sale
RYK-11675-Guatemala-2020 Cerro de La Cruz; remnants of jungle on top
RYK-11657-Guatemala-2020 Cerro de La Cruz; remnants of jungle
RYK-11661-Guatemala-2020 Cerro de La Cruz; remnants of jungle
RYK-11670-Guatemala-2020 Cerro de La Cruz; remnants of jungle
RYK-11685-Guatemala-2020 Hobbitenango on Cerro de La Cruz; our hobbit home for two nights
RYK-11645-Guatemala-2020 Hobbitenango on Cerro de La Cruz; sunset with row of volcanoes on the horizon, with Volcán de Fuego slightly active
