motorcycle

Motorcyles are the most popular vehicle for couples

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As I mentioned yesterday, motorcycles are quite popular as family vehicles. Of course, motorcycles are just as popular for couples. Of course, most motorcycles are actually designed to accommodate two people, so couples use them all the time. In Guatemala, thought, both riders must wear helmets and vests with a sticker with the license plate … Read more

Antigua Guatemala is a hide-out for the comfortably off and the harmlessly dotty…

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La Antigua Guatemala is a hide-out for the comfortably off and the harmlessly dotty by Rudy Giron

This is quite possibly the best description I have ever read about La Antigua Guatemala and it comes from the pen of Adrian Anthony Gill, better know by his nom de guerre AA Gill. Today it’s a miraculously beautiful, crumbly Spanish colonial town. Sometimes neglect is the best thing that can happen to a place. … Read more

But People do Carpool in Antigua Guatemala, really!

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Sorry, I don’t want to give the wrong impression about carpooling in Antigua Guatemala and Guatemala in general. Yesterday, when I said there wasn’t carpooling here… I actually meant in this particular instance. Carpooling or motorcycle-pooling is as common here as anywhere else in the world. Carpooling here is done mostly for economic reasons and … Read more

Motorcycles for Everything

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As I have mentioned before, motorcycles are on their way to become the most popular vehicle in Guatemala. So mucho so that now one can even find motorcycles being used as ambulances, police patrol units, taxis, for deliveries, and as transportation by electricians and handymen among other professions. What’s the most strange use for a … Read more