Climbing Mount Doom, I start the week poking sticks into a lava flow, learning about life behind the souvenirs, and avoiding the twitchy stare of Jesus in Antigua. A new group gathers to cross a sleepy border, explore some ruins and help the needy, until bad weather ends my Caribbean adventures before they begin. Soon enough, plenty beer and bus unleashes the Gonzo on an unsuspecting Banana Republic.
read reportJudging my success using a Modern Gonzo yardstick, this week I speed boat with crocodiles in deep-cut canyons, and also along a centrefold crater lake surrounded by volcanoes. Of course, it’s not all fun and games on the chicken buses, or in the salsa clubs invaded by Shania Twain. But after leaving Mayan villages behind in Mexico, I enter Guatemala to discover yet another poor country offering so many riches for the budget Gonzo traveller.
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