We hadn't really learned about the climate of Central America before crossing its boundaries. We thought that it surely would be a lush green tropical jungle all around us. Well, we thought wrong. A while back, in Belize, James Jr. told us that we would see some arid areas in Guatemala with cacti taller than buildings. And he was right.
When we entered the country we saw what we had expected: green, tropical vegetation, humid climate, rain. New, unseen species, a lot of them fruits. But as we moved inlandwards, vegetation become poorer and the air drier. By the time we arrived in Zacapa, we found ourselves in a semi-desert, with bare mountainsides, cacti and scrub everywhere.
The only thing that eased the heat (of course 100 degrees F and above) and the burning sun were the dusty gusts. Well, no problem, we weren't scared, after all we had managed to cross the Sahara desert as well. And to look on the bright side of it: we had left behind legions of bloodsuckers.
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