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Hands down and without equivocation, Guatemala is the gem of Central America, offering more to the traveler than any of its half dozen neighbours, even if the equatorial heat had melted them into a tropical glob.

World class sites stretch from the most fabulous Mayan ruin at Tikal in the north to the Rio Dulce and Lago Izabal in the south, sandwiching polychromatic markets and variously active volcanoes from Antigua to Lago Atitlan.

This short list barely scratches the surface of flashy and vibrant Guatemala, a country I found safe and carefree outside the habitual suspects in the night time ghettoes of the ugly megalopolis pedantically named Guatemala City.

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