1000places > GUATEMALA CITY, GUATEMALA - To produce the concrete map in 1905, Francisco Vela surveyed the country on foot and horseback.  Modern aerial photography and laser tomography have detected only one error of a few feet on one of the map's dozens of mountain peaks.
1000places > GUATEMALA CITY, GUATEMALA - Also on our way to Antigua, we stopped in Guatemala City to meet the family of our tour leader Ruben.
1000places > GUATEMALA CITY, GUATEMALA - On our way to Antigua, Guatemala, we stopped briefly in Guatemala City to see an open-air concrete relief map of the country. It was completed in 1905 by Francisco Vela and shows all the country's rivers, lakes, volcanoes, and even its oil fields.
1000places > ANTIGUA, GUATEMALA - Today, two of Dr. Popenoe's daughters - now in their 70s - still live in the house.  Although we were allowed to wander through the private rooms of the house, we had to leave late in the afternoon when one of the daughters returned from work (she still works part-time as an archaeologist).
1000places > ANTIGUA, GUATEMALA - Something always seemed to be happening in the courtyard of our hotel; one afternoon we found artists at work painting scenes of Antigua.
1000places > ANTIGUA, GUATEMALA - From the rooftop of the Popenoe House overlooking Antigua, Jeanne and Betty pose for a photograph.
1000places > SAN IGNACIO, BELIZE - We stayed at the Five Sisters Lodge, named for the five "perfectly gushing" waterfalls along the river in the valley below.
1000places > SAN IGNACIO, BELIZE - An early morning cup of coffee on the deck of the lodge overlooking the mist in the valley below, and we were ready to head out on the final leg of our exploration of the Route of the Maya.
1000places > SAN IGNACIO, BELIZE - Our quaint thatched-roof huts came equipped with mosquito net canopies over the bed.
GUATEMALA CITY, GUATEMALA - To produce the concrete map in 1905, Francisco Vela surveyed the country on foot and horseback. Modern aerial photography and laser tomography have detected only one error of a few feet on one of the map's dozens of mountain peaks.

1000places > GUATEMALA CITY, GUATEMALA - To produce the concrete map in 1905, Francisco Vela surveyed the country on foot and horseback.  Modern aerial photography and laser tomography have detected only one error of a few feet on one of the map's dozens of mountain peaks.
GUATEMALA CITY, GUATEMALA - To produce the concrete map in 1905, Francisco Vela surveyed the country on foot and horseback. Modern aerial photography and laser tomography have detected only one error of a few feet on one of the map's dozens of mountain peaks.

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