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GUATEMALA March 2016
The build was in Rabinal which is a town of about 40,000 residents located in the Guatemalan Department of Baja Verapaz and it is about a four hour drive north of Guatemala City. The area around Rabinal is mountainous and remote. The population of Baja Verapaz is 59% indigenous, ranks 6th in poverty in the country with over 70% of the population living in poverty. The major Here are some photos of the town of Rabinal and some of the people who live there. We did some touring in the surrounding area and visited a small waterfall and a small town called Cubulco (photos of Rabinal Excursions). I also a have a few photos of Guatemala City and other things we saw on our travels. We visited the Quetzal Biotope (Mario Dary Rivera Nature Reserve) which is a protected ar
I then met up with my wife and flew to Flores which The Tikal National Park website has a very good historical write-up and some interesting pictures. After the visit to Flores and Tikal we then went to Caye Caulker in Belize for a week.
Go to Habitat Guatemala to view details of my Habitat Global Village build in Rabinal, Guatemala.
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