This last weekend I took 12 hours and 4 buses to arrive in the jungle-covered department of Alta Verapaz in the small colorful town of Lanquín. Lanquín is an hour down a single dirt road that winds through a verdant valley to the Cahabón River. There, we spent our first day floating down the warm blue-green river and lounging in hammocks, talking with other travelers. The next day we traveled another half hour to Semuc Champey National Park. See photos below.
The Cahabón River rages through this section, carving it's path and entering a cave right below where I was standing when I took this photo. It exits about a mile down river. In the space between springs feed beautiful and warm pools damned by limestone deposits.
What tropical swim spot is compete without a cliff jump or two?
The hostel we stayed at had a cat. Her name was Mish, which means "cat" in the local language of Quek'chi.
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shoot, katie. mindblowing beauty.
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