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Road trip to the Quiche

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GuateRider organized a road trip from Antigua up to the Quiche area of Guatemala. We had an international team from Guatemala, El Salvador, Germany, Canada, and Australia. We met up with Megan in Antigua riding her Kawasaki from Edmonton. Frank from Germany via Bolivia and Mozambique, came from Guatemala City and joined us in Tecpan for breakfast. He was representing team Yamaha. Driving east on the CA-1 we stopped at the Mirador above Lago Atitlan for a photo op. Continuing the ride west towards the Quiche Daniel got some great shots on the helmet cam. We stopped for a break in the city of Chichicastanango to visit the church and the market.Mario and Victor from El Salvador joined us after we crossed the metal bridge in Sacapulus. Next the whole gang headed up into the mountains towards Nebaj. There was some pretty thick fog on the way. We had a lunch stop in Nebaj before we rode up the dirt road to Acul. Our home for the weekend was at the finca Mil Amores where they make the famous Queso de Chancol . The food here is served family style and there is lots of it! This is the group minus Australia on Friday night. We awoke in the morning to some light rain and mist. Things did improve early in the day and so the guys went out riding. Their first stop was in Chagjul for a boot shine before riding in the wet and mud! Again Daniel’s contour got some shots from the road. The afternoon was sunny so we got out for a walk on the farm and into the village of Acul. We must have been quite a sight, but we met a lot of friendly people. Stopping and visiting a corn mill we see how flour and tortillas are made. There was a party going on in town for the festival of the virgin of Candelaria . Read loud music all night. Saturday we were joined by Trevor from Auatralia. Here is the gang on Saturday night for a dinner of Caldo de Gallina. It had rained all night and continued to drizzle while Mario, Frank, and Victor headed out into the mud. We all soon followed. Everyone headed back to sacapulus, where Daniel and I continued west to the highlands of Chiantla and up to the Unicornio Azul in El Alfalfa. We went for a hike in the hills, Yes that says 8 degrees, which is the temperature inside the lodge too. There is a small fire in the lounge where we of course spent our time. We headed back to Antigua for a farewell dinner with Julio and Luisa. We also met back up with our friend Orvar from Sweden.

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Sara “The Peach” Pedersen I grew up in Vancouver, B.C. I attended the University of British Columbia and the University of Western Ontario. I met Daniel at Willow beach in Victoria on June 4 1994 and we were married June 22, 1996. Right from the beginning we shared the love of travel and adventure. Daniel surprised me with a Yamaha TTR 125 on our 5th wedding anniversary and I was hooked on off road motorsports. We have enjoyed off road motorbiking, single track and dunes riding. About 10 years ago we started to plan a big adventure to explore the world. After discussing different modes of transport we thought motorcycles were the right choice for us. In the fall of 2010 I took my motorcycle license course. Just before I completed the course I got my new 2010 BMW F650GS Twin! Let the adventure begin. Daniel “Big D” Pedersen I’m a country boy at heart that was born in Calgary, Alberta. I moved to the coast of B.C. as a teen and then to Victoria on Vancouver Island to attend College. I’m a numbers guy and an adrenaline junkie. I’m caught in the contradictory world of a love for great looking corporate balance sheets and the smell of race gas. Now a tad older my love of travel is starting to scream for more attention. No more just reading of great adventures. The time has come for this one lucky Dude and his Peach to start writing one of their own. The Dynamic Duo On June the 4th, 1994 she had long jet-black hair , wore cut off jean shorts and cowboy boots. He wore a floral tie and a grey suit. Despite the differences it seemed to work and two years later they were married. Early on they both pondered what they wanted out of life? To see the world, its people, and experience their cultures was their answer to one another. They settled in Port Moody, BC and have spent their lives intensely working towards the day when they could break free of the mundane, the ordinary and the ever-present trap of more stuff. They set a plan in motion and have worked towards it for the last ten years. The path has not always been easy, but it was totally worth it now that the dream is a reality. Hello world here we come!

Trip Start: 2011-06-22 Trip End: 2015-06-30 .

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