I guess the waterfall itself wasn{t that spectacular - nothing that couldn{t be seen in the US, but I thought the hike there was pretty interesting:
1) We went with an Ixil guide who pointed out a bunch of small villages that were formed in the 80s for displaced people. Basically during the civil war people were forced out of their homes in Nebaj and forced to live in shantytowns, kind of. And people still live there ... you can almost tell they were makeshift villages - badly constructed houses and all crammed together.
2) Garbage everywhere!! Guatemalans have no sense that littering is bad! Rivers would be almost blocked up by piles and piles of plastic cans ... water was ridiculously contaminated ... wrappers everywhere! It was kind of sad to see really, that the pretty landscape was so overridden by trash! (The picture below is of garbage in a river, its sort of hard to see)
Good grief, that garbage is unbelievable! Maybe you need to add garbage bags to your list of products for sale.
ReplyDeleteI wonder why that doesn't bother them.
Sunre Anita!!!
ReplyDeleteI'm reading your blog now. Sounds like your having a good time down in the guate. Eat lots of tortillas.
Your amiga,
Cata