Hard to believe, but today is my last day in Guatemala so it
was time to get back. We started early and made a brief stop at the Biotopo del Quetzal, a biological
reserve or corridor where a swath of the cloud forest has been set aside as
pristine habitat for the national bird, the quetzal. It was too much to hope
for a sighting of this beautiful but very shy bird, but at least I can say that
we were there, paying it a visit.
I was not very good company to Tom because I fell asleep (I
wonder if I have encephalitis lethargica
or some other sleep sickness), and was quite surprised that we were entering
Guatemala City by 10:30 am, and were at Antigua by 11 am (remember that the
trip there originally took us more than 10 hours; but this time we had started
closer, earlier, and had avoided road blocks). That gave us plenty of chance to
relax (I think I might just take another nap) and for me to pack (I am
traveling light, so packing takes me all of 5 minutes).
I will definitely miss my dear friends Alma, Tom, and Thomas.
Being here this week has been like being in my own home, but in a charming
foreign locale. Next time I need to bring Faby, DJ, and Ronnie with me . . . or
maybe next time I will enlist Tom in some other crazy adventure . . . let me
see . . . maybe a tour of Australia and Papua New Guinea? January 2020?
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